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JOSEPH VERNON MATHIAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1944 – September 14, 1969
Service recordJoseph Vernon Mathias, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 84
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 84
- GARY RICHARD MASONWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM MCLEODPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- PAUL WILLIAM MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PERSONPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY JAY JOHNSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 81
- WALTER EARL HEYER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 82
- CHARLES WARNER BECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 83
- JOSEPH ALAN HOEKERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 83
- PAUL WILLIAM MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 84
- LEONARD LEE POTTSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 85
- DANIEL P RATLEDGE JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 85
- TONY EUGENE SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 86
- GARY KELVIN STANFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 87
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 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.