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RUSSELL MARTIN ERICKSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 18, 1944 – July 24, 1968
Service recordRussell Martin Erickson, of Franklin Park, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Franklin Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 49
- DAVID SCOTT GREILINGCommander · July 24, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 1968
- JIMMY LEE HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- RICHARD SCOTT HAYMESCorporal · July 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL VICTOR AURADYCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 47
From Franklin Park
- VERNON ARTHUR MANHEIM JRLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSONAirman First Class · March 12, 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.