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KENT DOUGLAS ERICKSON
Private · U.S. Army
September 14, 1951 – March 29, 1971
Service recordKent Douglas Erickson, of St Louis Park, Minnesota, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 91
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1951
- Home of record
- St Louis Park, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 91
- RUSSELL LELAND CLAYSergeant · March 29, 1971
- WILLIAM GAYLE COXSergeant · March 29, 1971
- CHARLES HAROLD EDWARDS JRCaptain · March 29, 1971
- MICHAEL ANGELO FRATTALICorporal · March 29, 1971
From St Louis Park
- EDWARD DAVID LARSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN FORMAN LOBSINGERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- JOHN ALVIN ILSTRUP JRSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- GORDON DAVID WALENSKYLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JOHN KIM VOGELSANGPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- JOSHUA B STEWARTSpecialist Five · March 15, 1973
- JAMES ROBERT WEISLERSergeant · October 2, 1969
- STEVEN DALE PLATHPrivate · March 28, 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.