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RICHARD ANTON ERICKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1946 – January 24, 1967
Service recordRichard Anton Erickson, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 72
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 72
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS WUCINSKIPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH BARBEESpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH BARBEESpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 72
- ANTONIO ALVARADO ESQUEDASpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 73
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.