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GILBERT LEWIS MATTHEWS JR
Captain · U.S. Army
June 3, 1941 – June 24, 1971
Service recordGilbert Lewis Matthews JR, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 87
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Pine Ridge, South Dakota (Shannon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 87
- RICKY DEAN GILCHRISTSergeant · June 23, 1971
- RONALD DUANE CALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1971
- ROBERT EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · June 24, 1971
- TOIVO BERNHARD NOMMSpecialist Four · June 24, 1971
From Pine Ridge
- HAWK JESSE MILTON REDPrivate · November 10, 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.