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JOSEPH FRANK ERICKSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 15, 1950 – February 23, 1970
Service recordJoseph Frank Erickson, of Central Lake, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 48
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Central Lake, Michigan (Antrim County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 48
- PAUL EDWARD DOLIKWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- NORMAN GLENN GAGEChief Petty Officer · February 23, 1970
- ALBERT MALDONADO-LLUBERASSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
- CALVIN ERNESTO SERAINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWARD DOLIKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 48
- CALVIN ERNESTO SERAINSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 48
- EDWARD BRUCE MELODYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 49
- DAVID JOSEPH NACHTIGALLSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 49
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.