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THOMAS GUSTAV ERICKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1947 – November 24, 1966
Service recordThomas Gustav Erickson, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 114
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CANTLON JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- DONALD ROBERT DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- RUSSELL EDWIN FERREBEESpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MALCOLM KEITH BROUHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 113
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- DONALD ROBERT DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- RUSSELL EDWIN FERREBEESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- EDDIE CESARIO LOPEZPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 115
- GRADY EDWARD MCELROYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 115
- DONALD IRVIN RANKINSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 115
- RONNIE COLEMAN ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 116
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.