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JAMES STEVEN MATCHETT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1949 – January 3, 1969
Service recordJames Steven Matchett, of Kingsford, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Kingsford, Michigan (Dickinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 28
- WILLIAM ROWLAND LIDDYCOATFirst Lieutenant · January 3, 1969
- GLENN PAUL MCADOOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- RONALD SMITH MCCRARYWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- CLIFFORD TRUMAN MULLENPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 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.