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MATTHEW JOHN DAVERN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 4, 1947 – May 8, 1966
Service recordMatthew John Davern, of Willingboro, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 39
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Willingboro, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 39
- HERMANDO SANCHEZ MOYASergeant · May 7, 1966
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- GILBERT BYRON BUSHSecond Lieutenant · May 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE FAULKNERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 40
- CARMINE VINCENT GENOVESEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 40
- ARTHUR LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 40
From Willingboro
- ALFRED SEVENSKIPrivate · November 5, 1966
- RANDALL M CAMPBELL IIIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- JOHN KARL TOOKELance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH CRAIGPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- FRANK SCHUSTERCorporal · March 27, 1968
- BERNHARD M CHRISTIANSENLance Corporal · April 12, 1969
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.