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LYNN MICHAEL MATTESON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1949 – December 9, 1968
Service recordLynn Michael Matteson, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 76
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · December 9, 1968
- CARROL WILLIAM MINORSeaman · December 9, 1968
- KENNETH LEROY NEWBY JRHospitalman · December 9, 1968
- JOHN VINSON OCONNOR JRGunnery Sergeant · December 9, 1968
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 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.