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ERVIND CARL STRANDBERG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1937 – January 3, 1967
Service recordErvind Carl Strandberg, of Strathcona, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 113
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Strathcona, Minnesota (Roseau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 113
- RONALD LOUIS ARRIGONISpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- DOUGLAS JAMES FENNEYPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- FREDERICO PEREZSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- JOSEPH R REICHERTStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1967
From Strathcona
- SHELDON LEE GULSETHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1971
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.