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MATTHEW WARE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1932 – November 17, 1966
Service recordMatthew Ware, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 83
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 83
- NICHOLAS MARK HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- ERNEST EDWARD ROSSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE STRAHMPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CECIL CAYEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 82
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 83
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- NATHANIEL HARRISSpecialist Four · October 18, 1967
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.