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MICHAEL DAVID ERHART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1948 – April 30, 1969
Service recordMichael David Erhart, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 83
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 83
- ALBERT J DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1969
- HOWARD W ERICKSON JRCorporal · April 30, 1969
- PHILLIP WAYNE FLANNIGANPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- FRANCIS ERNEST STEWARTMajor · April 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK CARL AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 81
- GERALD EUGENE GORALCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 84
- RAYMOND JOHN KRUPINSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 85
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 85
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
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.