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JOEL ALOIS MATUSEK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1946 – November 27, 1967
Service recordJoel Alois Matusek, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 98
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. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 98
- SAMUEL LEGLEUSergeant · November 27, 1967
- WILLIAM WALLACE MCGREW IIISergeant · November 27, 1967
- MERLE BRUCE MORROWLance Corporal · November 27, 1967
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE HENRY FURCHSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 96
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 98
- JOSE RAMOS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 99
- BILLIE E SANDEFURFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 99
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE D NOVAKOVICSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.