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DONALD JAMES MATTARO JR
Captain · U.S. Army
November 9, 1944 – May 7, 1968
Service recordDonald James Mattaro JR, of Langley Park, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 26
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Langley Park, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 26
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · May 7, 1968
- HARRY GLENN KOYLSergeant · May 7, 1968
- GLEE ROY LIGHTLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALONSO ARAGON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 19
- ROGER DALE CAULEYSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 19
- AARON HARTNESSStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 24
From Langley Park
- CLIFFORD GARLAND BURCHPrivate First Class · July 9, 1967
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.