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HENRY DON MATHEWS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1948 – June 19, 1969
Service recordHenry Don Mathews, of Rogers, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 91
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Rogers, Arkansas (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 91
- DAVID ALLEN MADDENCorporal · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · June 19, 1969
- JOSEPH RONALD MCILVOYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH JOHN CLIMEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 86
- JAMES ROBERT DANIELCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 87
- ELIJAH INGRAMPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 90
- ROBERT WILLIAM OKEEFEMajor · Panel 22W, Line 90
- JERROLD S PEARLSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 92
- RAYMOND ALLAN VOSSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 94
From Rogers
- ROBERT STEVENS MITCHELLPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
- OTIS EUGENE PLANTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 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.