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ERWIN GILBERT POWELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1949 – September 7, 1968
Service recordErwin Gilbert Powell JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 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 45W, Line 63
- DAVID RAY KARRSergeant First Class · September 7, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE MACKEYCorporal · September 7, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK MCDERMOTTPetty Officer Second Class · September 7, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH NEIDLINGERCorporal · September 7, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.