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MATTHEW JOHN PECHAITIS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1942 – January 10, 1966
Service recordMatthew John Pechaitis, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 62
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 62
- HUGH FRED SPAINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LARRY EARL TENNILLPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM THOMASSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.