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DANIEL KENNETH ERLANDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1949 – January 17, 1971
Service recordDaniel Kenneth Erlandson, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 52
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Tewksbury, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 52
- WILLIAM B BLACKMON JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
- ALBERT LEE BROWNStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1971
- DAVID WILLIAM COONCorporal · January 17, 1971
- JOHN LEE DOBROSKISpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CECIL WAYNE SOUTHERLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 54
From Tewksbury
- GEORGE ARTHUR KYRICOSLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL MORRISWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1968
- RICHARD GIRARD MORINCaptain · December 20, 1968
- ROBERT EVERETT SPIRESSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- WAYNE CLOUSE ALLENSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- LUCO WILLIAM PALMASeaman · September 18, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.