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ERVIN JUNIOR EMRICK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1939 – May 11, 1969
Service recordErvin Junior Emrick, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 47
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 1, 1939
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 47
- ROBERT MARTINEZ FUENTESLance Corporal · May 11, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL GILBERTWarrant Officer 1 · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE ANDREW GOURLAYPrivate · May 11, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD GRAYCorporal · May 11, 1969
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.