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BRENT EUGENE MATHIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1940 – June 17, 1967
Service recordBrent Eugene Mathis, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- April 28, 1940
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 123
- PAUL EDWARD KELLY JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS ALFRED LOGANFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY MAGUIREPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- BOBBY MINTONSergeant · June 17, 1967
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
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- GERALD PHILLIP PARKELSergeant · October 6, 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.