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BOBBY DANIEL MATHENY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 29, 1936 – February 10, 1968
Service recordBobby Daniel Matheny, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 70
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1936
- Home of record
- Oak Lawn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia 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 38E, Line 70
- STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZASpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- JOHN JAMES MCELROYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- WILLIE B MCNEILLSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- HOWARD LEROY PAINTERPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- IGNACIO ALVAREZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 64
- RICHARD MEREDITH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 64
- CLARENCE RAY HOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 65
- EARNEST WESLEY CARAWAYSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 66
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 66
- KENNETH LEE DEVORSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 67
- GERALD THOMAS GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 67
- ROBERT ROGER GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 67
- HUGH RICHARD JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 68
- FRANCIS KAIRAITISSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 69
- WILLIE B MCNEILLSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 70
- HOWARD LEROY PAINTERPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 70
- WILLIE CHARLES TORRENCEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 73
- ALBERTIS WILLIAMSONCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 74
- CHESTER WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 74
- JAMES DAVID WILSONCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 74
From Oak Lawn
- TERRENCE LEE SOUHRADAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- STEPHEN FRANK JALLOWAYSergeant · December 15, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL GILGENBERGLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- WARREN OWINGS KENEIPP JRCaptain · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD FRANCIS FORDAirman First Class · July 5, 1967
- JOSEPH SALVATORE PERYSIANSeaman · March 14, 1968
- RONALD LEE ZACHSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- THOMAS STEPHEN COLELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- WILLIAM HARLEY GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- JAMES MARTIN WITHERSPOONSergeant · July 29, 1968
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.