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CHARLES CROCKETT MATTHEWS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1946 – August 13, 1969
Service recordCharles Crockett Matthews, of Clyde, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Clyde, North Carolina (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 32
- LESTER ALAN HANSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 13, 1969
- GARY EDWARD MARXMILLERStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES MENDENHALLCorporal · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD MILLANLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
From Clyde
- DAVID MICHAEL MCPHERSONSpecialist Five · January 14, 1967
- JOHN DOUGLAS WOODARDPetty Officer Third Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT CARROLL HAWKINSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- BENNY DOYCE GREENEStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.