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BERNARD CHARLES MATTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – January 12, 1968
Service recordBernard Charles Mattson, of East Peoria, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 38
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- East Peoria, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 38
- JAMES CASTALDICorporal · January 12, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MCCLARYStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1968
- PHILIP DANIEL MITCHELLLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- JOHNNIE KAY PERKINSPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CALVIN BROWNSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 34
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 36
- LLOYD HENRY KENTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 37
From East Peoria
- CARL RAY BARNHARTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- WILLIAM DERRILL TRENTLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- JOHN EMORY MILESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- BENJAMIN H BINEGAR JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- RUSSELL EUGENE MOKEFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- CLIFFORD IVAN WRIGHTSergeant · October 12, 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.