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RICHARD EUGENE ERWIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1948 – April 11, 1968
Service recordRichard Eugene Erwin, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 21
- EDWARD JOSEPH DOWNEY JRPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD FINLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- DELLWYN ALLEN FITCHCorporal · April 11, 1968
- LAWRENCE LEE FULLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 11, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.