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DAVID KARL ERENSTOFT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 22, 1949 – March 8, 1970
Service recordDavid Karl Erenstoft, of Clarence, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 96
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarence, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 96
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEVLINFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN DODDMaster Sergeant · March 8, 1970
- WIM GOEREESpecialist Four · March 8, 1970
- ROCKY YUKIO HIROKAWASergeant · March 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WIM GOEREESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 96
- JACOB LEE KINSERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 97
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROGNESpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 98
From Clarence
- CARL ARTHUR PAULINOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- DAVID HENRY LASSENSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- BRIAN ROBERT FOLEYStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1971
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.