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LEONARD JAMES MATELSKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 24, 1934 – February 4, 1972
Service recordLeonard James Matelski, of Brenham, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 4, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 104
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 24, 1934
- Home of record
- Brenham, Texas (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1972
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 104
- CHARLES EDWARD GREENEPetty Officer First Class · February 3, 1972
- DONALD W LOWECaptain · February 3, 1972
- DANIEL DEAN COOPERLieutenant · February 4, 1972
- THOMAS WASHINGTON LIPSEY IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1972
From Brenham
- HOWARD ALLEN SEILHEIMERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- BEN ODELL JOHNSONSergeant · August 21, 1970
- HOWARD MARSHALL STEINFELDFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1971
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.