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LESLIE DAVID MATCHETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1946 – January 19, 1968
Service recordLeslie David Matchett, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 79
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 79
- JOHNNY WARNER LINDSEYPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JOHN PAUL MARKEN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL MOOREPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE MORRISLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BAKERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DECROSTASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 75
- RANDOLPH ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 78
- JOHN AVERY ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
- CHARLES WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WALTERSSpecialist Four · April 15, 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.