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EDWARD ARTHUR MATHES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1946 – May 27, 1970
Service recordEdward Arthur Mathes, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 109
- JOHN LEWIS HARLEYCorporal · May 27, 1970
- GEORGE RICHARD KELLERCaptain · May 27, 1970
- GLENN HUNG NIN LEECaptain · May 27, 1970
- MICHAEL ROBERT MAIDENSSergeant · May 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE EDWARD ELSENBURGSpecialist Six · Panel 10W, Line 108
From Roseburg
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1970
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.