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JAMES MICHAEL MATHEWS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1945 – June 18, 1968
Service recordJames Michael Mathews, of Butler, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Logistics Operations Clerk (0441)
- Born
- November 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Butler, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 25
- DAVID JOSEPH MARSHLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- RANDY LEE MATHIASLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MAULDINCorporal · June 18, 1968
- EDWARD HOWARD MEEKER JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
From Butler
- CHARLES HARRY HABER JRSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD JOSEPH MATHEWS JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
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.