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DENNIS MAYON MATTOX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1948 – August 23, 1969
Service recordDennis Mayon Mattox, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 103
- FREDERICK C KINSLER JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1969
- NORMAN LEO RICHARDStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1969
- JON ERIC DAVISPrivate · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WALTER ELLIS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 100
- JUAN LEON GUERRERE DUENASStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 104
- PHILIP JOHN VEVERASpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 104
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 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.