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ANDREW MATYAS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 21, 1922 – February 18, 1968
Service recordAndrew Matyas, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 18, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 10
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 21, 1922
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 10
- RONALD LEE MCCOLLUMStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- CHARLIE REUBEN MILLER JRPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- JAMES HOWARD MILLERLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MOSLEYStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
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.