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ALFRED RUSSELL MATTHEWS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1949 – October 29, 1970
Service recordAlfred Russell Matthews, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 27
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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 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 1, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 27
- JAMES RUSSELL MAYESPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
- GARY ROBERT MCHUGHPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
- MICHAEL ALBERT MICKOLance Corporal · October 29, 1970
- DERRELL LOIAL PONDERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 26
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.