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JAMES LEONARD MATHEWS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1944 – May 10, 1968
Service recordJames Leonard Mathews, of Worth, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Worth, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 11
- ROBERT CHARLES LOPEZPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM DEE MCGONIGLEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GLENN EDWIN MILLERSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE MITCHELLLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
From Worth
- DANIEL WELSHSergeant · April 28, 1969
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.