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EARL MATTHEWS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1937 – September 9, 1966
Service recordEarl Matthews JR, of Florence, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- September 17, 1937
- Home of record
- Florence, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 81
- JAMES POSTONSergeant · September 9, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- LEROY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 9, 1966
From Florence
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNY WILLIAM LLEWELLYNStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM WELLONSFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- EDDIE BOYD COOKE JRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- ANTHONY L FRANKSLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
- HARLEY B HACKETT IIICaptain · July 24, 1968
- DURWOOD CAULDERLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
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.