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GENE FLETCHER MATTHEWS
Captain · U.S. Army
January 11, 1942 – May 26, 1967
Service recordGene Fletcher Matthews, of Anson, Maine, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 120
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Anson, Maine (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 120
- MELVIN LOUIS MARTZSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JOSEPH MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH MENARTCorporal · May 26, 1967
- DONALD EARL MESAROSHSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DEWEY BENNETTSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 110
- ROBERT WILKINSON COOKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20E, Line 112
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 115
- JOSEPH DALLAS LEGRAND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 119
- MELVIN LOUIS MARTZSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 120
- ROBERT LLOYD MOSHERCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 122
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.