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CALVIN BERNARD MATTHEWS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1948 – November 29, 1969
Service recordCalvin Bernard Matthews, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 6
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 6
- RAY FRANK LONGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM LUNSFORD JRSergeant · November 29, 1969
- KENNETH ALAN LUSEWarrant Officer 1 · November 29, 1969
- JOHN EUGENE MATTINGLYSergeant · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HOWARD BOISEPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 3
- MICHAEL ANDREW OKEEFE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 7
- JOHN MICHAEL PIASECKIPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 7
- LARRY ELLIOTT WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 8
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.