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JOHN RICHARD MATTOX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1950 – April 25, 1970
Service recordJohn Richard Mattox, of Stephens, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Stephens, Georgia (Oglethorpe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 51
- CHARLES K HACKETT JRCaptain · April 25, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MAYBERRYSergeant · April 25, 1970
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MCKIBBENCaptain · April 25, 1970
- WILLIAM WESLEY NOETZELWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MASON ERWIN RAGLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 52
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.