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DANNY MAX ERWIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1946 – January 13, 1966
Service recordDanny Max Erwin, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 69
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS HEFFERNANStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WAYNE IRA JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WARREN CRIPPSSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 68
- MELVIN LEE HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 70
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 70
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 72
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALLEN TEBBS ROGERS JRSecond Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
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.