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DONALD THEODORE ERICKSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1934 – August 2, 1966
Service recordDonald Theodore Erickson, of Fresno, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 97
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 97
- GLASCO JUNIOR FRYARSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- DALE HENRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- HARLIN HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 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.