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ARNOLD MATHIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1945 – July 13, 1967
Service recordArnold Mathis, of Harrison, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 13, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMM CO HQS BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Harrison, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 67
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- LARRY FREEMAN FAULKNERPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- FREDDY RAY GOREPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- EDWARD MCGRUDERPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
From Harrison
- CLABE HERALD JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JOHN DAVID FREDRICK PIESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- DONALD ALLEN BAKERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
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.