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HOWARD V MATSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1947 – December 4, 1966
Service recordHoward V Matson JR, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 11
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 11
- JOHN MATTHEW COLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- LAWRENCE DAVID MUNGIN IIIPrivate First Class · December 4, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES OSBORNESecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- JAMES MILTON WILSONPrivate First Class · December 4, 1966
From Brookfield
- WILLIAM ROBERT GLUECKSTEINHospitalman · January 29, 1966
- JAMES BRIAN HUDISLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES MANNSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR GERGPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- JOHN PAUL VISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM STEINSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWIN PIERSONLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- DONALD ALAN KIRKHAMHospitalman · February 1, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE ZEIMETWarrant Officer 1 · September 4, 1968
- LANCE ALLEN ROBINSONCorporal · March 23, 1971
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.