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DAVID BENJAMIN MATYKIEWICZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1950 – May 21, 1971
Service recordDavid Benjamin Matykiewicz, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 46
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
- Combat Surveillance And Target Acquisition Crewman (17A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1971; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 46
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KENEDYSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- CHARLES NORBERT KOWALKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- KARL JOSEPH LAVALLEEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
- ROBERT BURTON LECATESFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD BODDIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 43
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BIGLEYPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 44
- JAMES EDWARD TIGHESpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 47
From Washington
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 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.