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LEONARD DANIEL ERICKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1949 – April 7, 1968
Service recordLeonard Daniel Erickson, of Livermore, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 40
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Livermore, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 40
- RICHARD MENDOZA CORRALESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- MELVIN LESTER DOLBYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- LEO FREDRICK MALONESergeant · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD STEVEN BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 39
- JOSEPH MAURICE REESPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 46
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · Panel 48E, Line 48
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 49
From Livermore
- WILLIAM WESLEY STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD WINERFRED DUNCANCorporal · November 8, 1967
- DENNIS RICHARD PODGORNYCorporal · November 9, 1967
- RAYMOND N WEBERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- HARLAN LESLIE HAHNSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM AUGUST OTTColonel · October 8, 1970
- JOHN CHESTER KINGSpecialist Four · November 2, 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.