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BRIAN JOHN MATHISON
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
November 5, 1944 – April 1, 1968
Service recordBrian John Mathison, of Park Ridge, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 1, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Born
- November 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Park Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 34
- ROBERT EDWIN MENTZER JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- RONNIE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- GEORGE LEE MYERSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- RODOLFO CARRILLO SERRANOCorporal · April 1, 1968
From Park Ridge
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- ALLEN GEORGE FRENCHLance Corporal · August 15, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY GRUDFirst Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- BRUCE JONATHAN ROTHLance Corporal · December 29, 1967
- RICHARD DENNIS KOSARSergeant · May 10, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN DONAHUECorporal · August 22, 1970
- GLEN ALAN FIESTERPrivate First Class · September 8, 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.