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ERVIN PROCTOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – September 13, 1968
Service recordErvin Proctor, of Townsend, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 53
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Townsend, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 53
- HENRY MCCARTY OLIVERLieutenant Colonel · September 13, 1968
- THOMAS MILES PHILLIPSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- EVERETT ALLEN PLANCKCorporal · September 13, 1968
- GERALD W PLUNKETTCaptain · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED ARTHUR BELCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 45
- GILMER EARL HUMPHREYSSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 48
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.