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MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL III
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 29, 1946 – December 14, 1967
Service recordMatthew Perry Amaral III, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 90
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Gloucester, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 90
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- JUAN R BURGOSPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- WILLIAM K CLAWSONWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 90
- WILLIAM K CLAWSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 31E, Line 90
- RONNY KAY KINDREDSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 93
From Gloucester
- DAVID WINSLOW BOWMANCaptain · April 6, 1965
- FRANK ANTHONY DAMICOFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1966
- JEFFREY GORDON TYNEPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
- ARTHUR EMERSON WRIGHT IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1966
- FRANK THOMAS KRESESKIE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- PAUL DARYLL KNOWLTONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLOSergeant · November 27, 1968
- STEPHEN LESLIE LANEWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 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.