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MICHAEL ALFRED MATHISON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1950 – May 12, 1969
Service recordMichael Alfred Mathison, of Princeton, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Princeton, Minnesota (Mille Lacs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 73
- FRANK EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JAMES SAMUEL JORDANPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- ORVAL CLYDE JORDON IIISpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT LLOYD KLEINSMITHPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
From Princeton
- STEPHAN JOSEPH NELSONLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- KURT WILLIAM DUNCANPetty Officer Third Class · September 19, 1968
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.