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EDWARD GERARD MATHERN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1950 – September 3, 1970
Service recordEdward Gerard Mathern, of Corona, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Corona, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 36
- GARY ALAN CRAVENPrivate · September 3, 1970
- LOUIS CARL DIFINIZIOSergeant · September 3, 1970
- GARY LYNN RUFFFireman · September 3, 1970
From Corona
- ROBERT EMMETT JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- MIGUEL ZARAGOZA CONTRERASLance Corporal · July 20, 1967
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILKESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TREJO JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 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.