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DWAINE ELBYRNE MATTOX
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 1, 1944 – August 10, 1970
Service recordDwaine Elbyrne Mattox, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 10, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 101
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 101
- RICHARD WESLEY MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1970
- BERNARD FRANCIS MORRILLTechnical Sergeant · August 10, 1970
- KENNETH JAY SORENSENSergeant · August 10, 1970
- JAMES DENNIS BRADLESpecialist Five · August 11, 1970
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 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.