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PETER RICHARD MATTHES
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 14, 1943 – November 24, 1969
Service recordPeter Richard Matthes, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 24, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 118
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1053B)
- Born
- March 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 24, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 118
- JAMES RANDLE JONES JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- ALLEN DEAN PERKINSWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1969
- BURTON KEENEY PHILIPS JRFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1969
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.