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HAROLD JOSEPH MATHEWS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1947 – September 11, 1968
Service recordHarold Joseph Mathews JR, of Butler, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Butler, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 27
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
- ARMANDO LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- LONNIE EUGENE LUNDYSergeant · September 11, 1968
- CYRIL MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
From Butler
- CHARLES HARRY HABER JRSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL MATHEWSCorporal · June 18, 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.