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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David Linwood Mathis.

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DAVID LINWOOD MATHIS

Captain · U.S. Army

September 3, 1945 – March 11, 1970

Service record

David Linwood Mathis, of East Tallassee, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13W · Line 113

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Aircraft Maintenance Officer (4823)
Unit (as recorded)
1 FIELD FORCE
Born
September 3, 1945
Home of record
East Tallassee, Alabama (Tallapoosa County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 11, 1970
Age
24
Province
Lam Dong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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What was happening

25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 13W, Line 113

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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.