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CECIL LEROY MATTHEW JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1946 – July 19, 1968
Service recordCecil Leroy Matthew JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 12
- MICHAEL CONRAD LARSENCorporal · July 19, 1968
- ROBERT DAVIS MORRISPrivate · July 19, 1968
- GERALD PHILLIP OGLESBYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES LEO ONEILL JRCorporal · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GUY RICHARD KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 11
- AMOS CHESTER SHERRILL IIPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 13
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.