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MATTHEW JOHN KRIST
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 2, 1944 – August 21, 1966
Service recordMatthew John Krist, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 24
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 3 MAR
- Born
- April 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 24
- DAN STEVEN ALLENPrivate First Class · August 21, 1966
- THOMAS ARTHUR BLANEYPrivate First Class · August 21, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES REED JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 21, 1966
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.