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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: PFC Erskine Buford Wilde
Additional Description: B Btry, 6th BN, 14th Artillery, 52nd Artillery Group, I Field Force, USARV, United States Army.

December 29, 1946 to July 27, 1966

Erskine was born and raised in Charlottesville. He attended Belfield School and graduated in 1965 from Episcopal High School in Alexandria with honors in German. He had a brother, James D. Wilde, IV. He enlisted in the U.S. Army July 1965 and volunteered for duty in Vietnam. He arrived in country January 22, 1966. He was killed by a land mine. At the time of his death, he was supporting the First Air Calvary Division.

He was awarded the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, Parachutists Wings and the Combat Infantryman Badge. He is buried in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Ivy VA.
Submitted: April 15, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380240
File Size: 0.646 Megabytes

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