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ALVIN EUGENE MATHER
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 26, 1933 – June 4, 1970
Service recordAlvin Eugene Mather, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 4, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 8
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 26, 1933
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 8
- BOBBY GENE HUGGINSMajor · June 4, 1970
- DAVID HARLON MARINESpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- FRANK EDWARD MCCLELLANSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE MCKAYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.