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FRANK JOHN JOE MATTERA
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 5, 1949 – March 16, 1969
Service recordFrank John Joe Mattera, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 55
- PHILLIP HADDON MARKSLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- RICHARD MARK PEARSALLSergeant · March 16, 1969
- LOUIS VINCENT ROMANELLIPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 1969
- ROLANDO G VILLARREALStaff Sergeant · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL BUSTOS ALONZOSergeant First Class · Panel 29W, Line 50
- EDWARD CHARLES COFIELD JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 52
- DENNIS MICHAEL GROVESCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 53
- ROLANDO G VILLARREALStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 55
- LOUIS GERARD WHEELERSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 57
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.