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CHARLES TONEY MATTHEWS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – February 19, 1971
Service recordCharles Toney Matthews, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 121
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 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 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 121
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · February 19, 1971
- LEONARD ALLEN MONNETTSpecialist Five · February 19, 1971
- WADE HAMPTON ROLLINSSergeant · February 19, 1971
- LYLE ELTON SMITHSergeant · February 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOSEPH CARACCILO JRCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 120
- ROBERT LLOYD DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 120
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 121
- LYLE ELTON SMITHSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 121
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
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.