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CHARLES DUANE MATTERN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1931 – July 25, 1967
Service recordCharles Duane Mattern, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1931
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 120
- WALTER LESLI MCINTOSH JRCorporal · July 25, 1967
- DEAN RICHARD NELSENFireman · July 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- WESLEY PARKERSergeant · July 25, 1967
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.