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GEORGE DENNIS MATTHEWS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 9, 1949 – May 13, 1968
Service recordGeorge Dennis Matthews, of Currituck, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 26
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Currituck, North Carolina (Currituck County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 59E, Line 26
- RALPH JOSEPH LYDON JRCorporal · May 13, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH MAKUHSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MAYSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- JOSEPH ANGEL MENASpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ADAME GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 27
- NELSON SANTIAGO-APONTESpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 2
- STANLEY JOSEPH SUKOWATEYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 3
- MARVIN GEORGE TOZOURCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 4
From Currituck
- FRANKLIN ELLIOTT SPEIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
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.