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BERNARD JULIAN MATTHEWS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – July 28, 1969
Service recordBernard Julian Matthews, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 66
- HOWARD WALLACE LAKEYCorporal · July 28, 1969
- BRIAN GREGORY PARROTTPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL RENNERLance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- DUANE MICHAEL ROUSSEAUStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DENNIS DEMARCUSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 64
- BRIAN GREGORY PARROTTPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 66
- CHARLES MICHAEL SIKESSpecialist Five · Panel 20W, Line 67
- LESLIE ELROY WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 67
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 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.