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NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 20, 1949 – August 10, 1971
Service recordNathanial Carl Matthews, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 128
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1949
- Home of record
- West Chester, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 128
- WILLIAM LEON LOGANChief Petty Officer · August 10, 1971
- WILLARD FRANCIS PAYNEStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
- PETER JOSEPH GAUVINPrivate · August 11, 1971
- VIRGIL JAY BATES JRSergeant · August 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- SANTOS CASTELLANOS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 127
- THOMAS ALBERT DOLANStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 127
From West Chester
- GENE SMEDLEY MCMULLENSecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1966
- ERNEST E ORENDORFF JRCorporal · August 3, 1966
- BLAINE A DEBOARD JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- LOUIS FULDA GUILLERMINMajor · April 30, 1968
- DWIGHT DAWSON JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- PAUL LEONARD COSGRIFFSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
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.