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JAMES ERICH MATTHEWS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – July 5, 1967
Service recordJames Erich Matthews, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 12
- JERRY DOUGLAS HUDSONPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL ISBELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- PAUL GORDON KNIGHTONPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- LARRY GEORGE LUDWIGLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH BERNARD GERKENSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 11
- JAMES RUSSELL ISBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 12
- PAUL GORDON KNIGHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 12
- ROBERT STERLING MUMMERTSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 13
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.