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MATTHEW THEODORE ORTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 3, 1943 – February 26, 1967
Service recordMatthew Theodore Orton, of Gideon, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 99
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Gideon, Missouri (New Madrid County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; 24 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 99
- ARTHUR ALAN NIEDERMEIERPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- STEVEN OWEN PERLEWITZCorporal · February 26, 1967
- BRADLEY LELAND POWERSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- DANNY RAY REIGSTADPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 93
- OVIE EARCIL BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 93
- HARRY PHILLIP BRIGHTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 93
- LARRY R BUTCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 93
- ROBERT THOMAS CARNOSKEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 94
- BRADLEY CHAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 94
- JUAN GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 94
- VINCENT JUNIOR CANNIZZAROPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 95
- THEODORE H DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 95
- ROBERT LEON HARVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 95
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 96
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 96
- DONALD EUGENE MADDENPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 97
- HUGH JOHN MCCORMACKSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 98
- CALVIN CARL MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 98
- RAY NIXONSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 98
- ARTHUR ALAN NIEDERMEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 99
- BRADLEY LELAND POWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 99
- DANNY RAY REIGSTADPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 99
- CLARENCE HOWARD RICKARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 100
- WAYNE KEITH SIPPEYPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 100
- RICHARD E TOMASINI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 101
- MANUEL ANTONIO TORREZSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 101
- JACK RILEY TRIMPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 101
From Gideon
- ROBERT ANDREW STREETSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- BOBBY TRUMAN SIEGLERCorporal · March 19, 1970
- DONNIE LEE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · November 18, 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.