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ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1946 – September 17, 1966
Service recordErvin Junior Emerson, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Clarksburg, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 105
- ROBERT GEORGE CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Six · September 17, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DENNIS KEITH EAKERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
From Clarksburg
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · December 11, 1964
- WALTER GRANT KNIGHTSpecialist Five · December 4, 1966
- RONALD HARVEY DYEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CARL EDWARD GOLDSMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
- HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORKPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · June 3, 1969
- RICHARD JACKSON SWIGERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 27, 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.