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JAMES WASHINGTON MATTHEWS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – August 15, 1970
Service recordJames Washington Matthews, of Nashville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashville, North Carolina (Nash County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 115
- HERBERT MICHAEL HADDENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
- FREDERICK E HUTTIE IIIStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1970
- JOHN EDDIE MCGUIRESpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
- PETER ALDEN SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS COOPERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 114
From Nashville
- JOSEPH EARL SHEARINFirst Sergeant · June 14, 1966
- ERNEST ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- ALVIN BERNARD TUCKERPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- TERRY WILLARD GREENEPrivate First Class · April 15, 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.