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ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1941 – November 22, 1967
Service recordErhardt William Mathiesen, of Waukegan, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Waukegan, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 63
- JEFFREY JOSEPH BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JERRY DEAN JOHNSONLance Corporal · November 22, 1967
- MCELREE MAYS JRPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEVESTER GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 62
- MCELREE MAYS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 63
- JOHN ALAN MACDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 64
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 64
- GEORGE OSBORNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 64
- TUNIS E RAPPLEYEA JRSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 65
- CHARLES G ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 66
- JAMES PAUL SAURINISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 66
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 66
- STEPHEN SCOTT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 67
- FRANK LEROY TAFOYASpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 67
- STEPHEN NEIL THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 67
From Waukegan
- WALTER WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Five · November 5, 1965
- DAVID E BURKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD STEVEN SACCOSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 18, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN TURBITT JRSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
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.