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PATRICK DOUGLAS ERB
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – March 15, 1971
Service recordPatrick Douglas Erb, of Sylmar, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · 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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Sylmar, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 48
- JAMES BINGENHEIMERSergeant · March 15, 1971
- FRANCIS MICHAEL CURRYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1971
- THOMAS ALBERT DELLWOFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1971
- JOHN ELAM JRSergeant · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL MORGAN HARRELLFirst Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 49
From Sylmar
- CHARLES MICHAEL KING JRSecond Lieutenant · March 16, 1967
- PAT ELLIS PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
- GAYLEN RAY GALLIONCorporal · April 19, 1969
- DONALD THOMAS DIONNE SRStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1975
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.