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MATHEW WOLFE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1942 – February 1, 1968
Service recordMathew Wolfe, of Macy, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Macy, Nebraska (Thurston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 63
- WILLIAM FRANK WITEKPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- LARRY ELDON WITTLERPrivate · February 1, 1968
- ARTHUR GEORGE WILL WOLTERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- BILLY LEE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.