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PHILIP CHARLES ERICKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1946 – January 13, 1969
Service recordPhilip Charles Erickson, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 82
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 82
- VAUGHN ORMON DOTYSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- NORMAN DALE EATONColonel · January 13, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT GETCHELLLieutenant Colonel · January 13, 1969
- CHARLES E HIGBEE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORRELLSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 84
- TERRY LEE TIPPERYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 85
- GARY PAUL TRYONSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 85
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.