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GERALD MATTERA
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordGerald Mattera, of Central Islip, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Central Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 7
- LEWIS RANDOLPH LOVELL JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- JAMES MAY JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES MEENANPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 1968
- DENNIS CAROL MELTONSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LAWRENCE DUNITHANSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 1
- MICHAEL SCOTT HAINESPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 3
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 4
- ROGER LEE INBODENCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 6
- FRANCIS VINCENT TODARELLOCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 16
- GERALD DAVID SORRENTINOCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 18
From Central Islip
- THOMAS FRANCIS DREWSergeant · May 29, 1967
- RONALD T STOKESSergeant · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL G DONOVAN IIISpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- PAUL CHARLES RUDYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- FRANK W BOSSONGPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAMSONCorporal · March 30, 1969
- JOSEPH CLERKINPetty Officer First Class · April 10, 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.