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JOHN LEWIS ERFORD JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 24, 1949 – September 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Lewis Erford JR, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 53
- ROBERT CHARLES BENOIT JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES BEST JRSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE BISHOPCorporal · September 7, 1969
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 53
- PAUL FREDERICK FOULKSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 54
- JAMES WOOD MEGEHEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 55
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 57
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.