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JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1947 – August 12, 1968
Service recordJose Antonio Matos-Correa, of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 4
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (Mayaguez County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 4
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 1968
- LONNIE JOSEPH TULLIERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY WILSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH PAUL DAYHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 52
- ROGER DALE HEDDENPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 53
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 2
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · Panel 48W, Line 3
From Mayaguez
- RAMON BERNARDSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAIME IRIZARRY-PEREZStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- JULIO SERRANO-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- HUMBERTO ACOSTA-ROSARIOStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- BENJAMIN MALDONADO-AGUILARSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JAIME PADILLA-JORGECorporal · June 1, 1969
- REINALD SANTIAGO-CASTILLO JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
- ROBERTO RAMOS-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 7, 1966
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.