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KENNETH EUGENE MATTSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1941 – July 9, 1968
Service recordKenneth Eugene Mattson, of Lafayette, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 7
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Lafayette, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 7
- ELLAS LOUIS MIHALAKISSergeant · July 9, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND MILLEDGESpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- ROBERT LEE MILLERMajor · July 9, 1968
- DALE EUGENE NORTHPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM CARRSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 3
- GEORGE ALBERT GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 52W, Line 5
- STEPHEN LOUIS WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 5
From Lafayette
- DONALD HERBERT WHITECaptain · August 12, 1969
- TIMOTHY ARMA THOMASSpecialist Four · October 31, 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.