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KERMIT LESLIE MATTHEWS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 18, 1938 – December 4, 1970
Service recordKermit Leslie Matthews, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 107
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Automotive Maintenance Technician (631A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1970; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 107
- ANDREW MACHRISTIESergeant Major · December 4, 1970
- HOWARD JAMES SCOVILLEStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1970
- JOE D TORRESLance Corporal · December 4, 1970
- ROBERT A WILLIAMS JRSergeant · December 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PETER CLAUS BEHRENSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 105
- JAMES REEVE HEIMBOLDCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 106
- ANDREW MACHRISTIESergeant Major · Panel 6W, Line 107
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.