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GLENN MATTESON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 1, 1938 – March 23, 1961
Service recordGlenn Matteson, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1961, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 1E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1961
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1961. In March 1961, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Laos, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 2
- FREDERICK THOMAS GARSIDEStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RALPH WAYNE MAGEECaptain · March 23, 1961
- LESLIE VERNE SAMPSONStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
From Dallas
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
- GENE CHARLES MILLIGANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
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.