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PATRICK T MATHEWS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 10, 1944 – August 11, 1972
Service recordPatrick T Mathews, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 11, 1972, in Thailand, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- December 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1972. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 62
- DAVID NEIL LARSONSeaman · August 8, 1972
- CLYDE KEITH NELSONStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1972
- WILLIAM GARY CHANDLERCaptain · August 11, 1972
- JAMES JOSEPH SANSONESeaman · September 10, 1972
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT D STARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 63
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.