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WILLIAM F ERICSON II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1944 – July 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam F Ericson II, of Roxbury, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 124
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 124
- DAVID HAMILTON DUNNSpecialist Five · July 15, 1969
- LUCAS RODRIQUEZ ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- HAMPTON A ETHERIDGE IIICaptain · July 15, 1969
- JOHNNY NEIL EUTSLERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARNIM N BRAITHWAITECorporal · Panel 21W, Line 123
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 1
- HENRY R REYESSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 2
From Roxbury
- BRIAN EDWARD TIERNEYSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
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.