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ERSKINE BUFORD WILDE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1946 – July 27, 1966
Service recordErskine Buford Wilde, of Charlottesville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 6 BN 14 ARTY I FF
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Charlottesville, Virginia (Charlottesville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 83
- JIMMY DEVER BACCUSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MCREEStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1966
From Charlottesville
- GRANDVILLE R JONES JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN DEVON TYLERSergeant · July 21, 1966
- HARVEY MULHAUSERCaptain · January 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS DELANO WALLACEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ESLIE HOLLARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD MARSHALLWarrant Officer · November 25, 1968
- JAMES MARION KARDOSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES KING BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- RICHARD THOMAS CARTERSpecialist Four · January 23, 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.