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JOHN F MATTAROCCHIA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – May 7, 1969
Service recordJohn F Mattarocchia JR, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Ipswich, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 17
- JOHN ARTHUR KEESLINGSergeant · May 7, 1969
- CLYDE THOMAS MARTINCorporal · May 7, 1969
- PAUL DINNES MARTINEZ JRCorporal · May 7, 1969
- HENRY EUGENE RUSSELLSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALLIS GILBERT PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 16
- ALTON STARLING ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 18
From Ipswich
- PAUL FRANCIS DOYONLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- FREDERICK WILLIAM GRESCHStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1969
- ARTHUR HANS HARDYCaptain · March 14, 1972
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.