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MATHIS DANIEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 26, 1945 – March 7, 1968
Service recordMathis Daniel, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 43
- ABRAHAM R DERRYBERRY IIILance Corporal · March 7, 1968
- RALPH DOUGLAS DIFATESergeant · March 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RICHARD GINALLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.