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ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELL
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1951 – September 17, 1969
Service recordErich Linwood Tidwell, of El Centro, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 23, 1951
- Home of record
- El Centro, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 106
- THEODORE VAN SKILESWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1969
- SCOTT PHILIP SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STARKEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
From El Centro
- EDUARDO CAMARENA-SALAZARPrivate First Class · September 17, 1965
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- KURT CLARENCE STAABPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD ICKE IILance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JESSE ARMANDO MALLOBOXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSSSergeant · June 13, 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.