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JOHN CHARLES MATTHEISEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 3, 1949 – April 30, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Mattheisen, of Charlo, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Charlo, Montana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 18
- PAUL LYNN MILLERSergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROGER DALE MILLSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · April 30, 1968
- ROGER WAYNE MORGANCorporal · April 30, 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.