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PAUL EDWARD MATTSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 13, 1944 – April 20, 1968
Service recordPaul Edward Mattson, of Lake Bluff, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 9
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Lake Bluff, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 9
- LARRY WESLEY MACKSpecialist Five · April 20, 1968
- JESUS MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- DAVID J MORENOPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOSEPH A ZUTTERMAN JRSergeant · April 20, 1968
From Lake Bluff
- JOHN ASHLEY TEMPLETONSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 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.