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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ervin Lewis Auman.

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ERVIN LEWIS AUMAN

Sergeant · U.S. Army

February 2, 1944 – June 15, 1968

Service record

Ervin Lewis Auman, of Firth, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 57W · Line 22

Position of Panel 57W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
HHB 6 BN 77 ARTY 9 INF DIV
Born
February 2, 1944
Home of record
Firth, Nebraska (Lancaster County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 15, 1968
Age
24
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.