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MATTHEW JOHN BAURLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1949 – May 29, 1969
Service recordMatthew John Baurle, of Gloversville, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Gloversville, New York (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 13
- WILLIAM KENEITH WORDCorporal · May 28, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY BLANDINGSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- JOHNNIE LEE BRIGMANPrivate · May 29, 1969
- IRAN COURTLAND BROWNLance Corporal · May 29, 1969
From Gloversville
- GARY JAMES SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ALAN CHARLES DONNELLYLance Corporal · November 14, 1968
- HAROLD RILEY SIMONDSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- VINCENT LOUIS ROSSI SRSergeant First Class · November 15, 1970
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.