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GROVER C MATHEWS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1939 – September 27, 1966
Service recordGrover C Mathews JR, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 6, 1939
- Home of record
- Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 23
- GARY PAUL MEYERPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- CARROLL WAYNE POWELLLance Corporal · September 27, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY ROWLETTSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
From Roseburg
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1970
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.