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HOLLEY DEWITT MATTHEWS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 13, 1941 – January 16, 1969
Service recordHolley Dewitt Matthews, of Crestview, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 16, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Crestview, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 16
- HARRY ALBERT MATTINGLY JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CRANSTON MINKSPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- JOHN MIRICHSpecialist Five · January 16, 1969
- WENDELL ALBERT MORRISONPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
From Crestview
- BOBBY G MASONSergeant · October 8, 1965
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL CHESSHERPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JAMES HAYES HALLCorporal · November 30, 1968
- PAUL EDWIN STROUSEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- ROLAND FORREST DIPOLOPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- FREDERICK LEE FIELDSSpecialist Four · November 30, 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.