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DONALD ROBERT MATHIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1950 – May 28, 1971
Service recordDonald Robert Mathis, of Harriman, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 57
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Harriman, Tennessee (Roane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 57
- ROBERT LEE BROWNSpecialist Five · May 28, 1971
- STEPHEN CHAVIRASpecialist Five · May 28, 1971
- JOSEPH DAVID ESPARZASpecialist Four · May 28, 1971
- PAUL DEAN URQUHARTCaptain · May 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN CHAVIRASpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 57
- PAUL DEAN URQUHARTCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 57
From Harriman
- CLARENCE EDWARD BARNESSergeant · April 11, 1966
- EVERETT WILSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ESTEL DENNY SPAKESSergeant First Class · March 12, 1968
- JERRY ROGER FERGUSONSergeant · June 13, 1968
- BRADLEY KEITH WATTSPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN STRINGFIELDStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
- RICHARD LEE PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1969
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.