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ROBERT DALE ERICKSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1945 – January 13, 1967
Service recordRobert Dale Erickson, of Superior, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Superior, Wisconsin (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while Operation Cedar Falls was under way. Operation Cedar Falls (8–26 January 1967) sent some 30,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops into the “Iron Triangle” northwest of Saigon to destroy Viet Cong base areas and tunnels. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 21
- JERRY JAMES DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK EADSLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 20
- FRANCISCO DELA C DACANAYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 20
- BOBBY GENE GOLDHAGENCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 22
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 23
- WILLIAM LEWIS RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 24
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · Panel 14E, Line 24
- RICHARD ALBERT ROBBCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 24
- GERALD STEVENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 24
From Superior
- HOWARD DALE STROUSEMaster Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- VICTOR BERT MEYERSSergeant · August 9, 1968
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- DAVID LENOX BANKSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
- JAMES JOHN GUNDERSONSergeant · November 15, 1969
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.