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WILLIAM L ERICKSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1948 – October 5, 1969
Service recordWilliam L Erickson JR, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Air Traffic Controller Radar Controller (93J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 43
- JAMES HERBERT NOBLEPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- RALPH ERNEST PIANO JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- BILLY DALE SHORTSpecialist Four · October 5, 1969
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.