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EDGAR DONALD MATTHEWS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 6, 1919 – June 3, 1970
Service recordEdgar Donald Matthews, of Aberdeen, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 51. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 4
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 6, 1919
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, South Dakota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 51
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 4
- EDWARD MICHAEL DUGANSpecialist Five · June 3, 1970
- FRANK ROBERT GUERREROSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- KENNETH FRANCIS HAYESSpecialist Five · June 3, 1970
- JOHN S HUGHES JRCaptain · June 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ROBERT GUERREROSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 4
- JOHN S HUGHES JRCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 4
From Aberdeen
- RONALD RUSSELL SCHNAIDTAirman First Class · April 5, 1967
- CHARLES J MILBRANDTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- VERN JACOB FRIEDPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD FREDRICK RENNOLETSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- DENNIS RICHARD VOLKSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · June 21, 1968
- DONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- LONNIE LEE STERNPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
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.