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BRUCE JOSEPH MATTA
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordBruce Joseph Matta, of Canton, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 106
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Canton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 106
- ROBERT SUSUMU MASUDAStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- ARLEN JAY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- DANA LEE MILLERCorporal · May 13, 1969
- TEDDY RAY MOORECorporal · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARION LORA GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 99
- ALVIN GRIMESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 101
- LARRY PAUL JONESCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 102
- JOHN CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 107
- RALPH MICHAEL SANTINELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 110
From Canton
- PETER MYKAL HANSENFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- ANTONIO FALCOPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- RUDOLPH ERNEST ARAUJOSpecialist Five · December 21, 1969
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.