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GARY WAYNE ERICSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1947 – January 5, 1970
Service recordGary Wayne Ericson, of Galesburg, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Galesburg, Illinois (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 128
- JAMES FRANCIS BRENNAN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 5, 1970
- HUBERT F BRINSONCaptain · January 5, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE BURNESFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1970
- WILLIAM F GILMORE JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL EDWARD RAMSDENSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 130
- HERMAN PAUL SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 1
- LARRY VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 1
From Galesburg
- ROBERT LOUIS FIELDS IIIAirman Second Class · January 27, 1966
- RONALD LEE EUNICEHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- LARRY WAYNE JANSENSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- TERRY ELMER GUENTHERCorporal · March 12, 1970
- JAMES WATSON WOODCaptain · August 17, 1970
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.