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RANDY LEE MATHIAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1949 – June 18, 1968
Service recordRandy Lee Mathias, of Bountiful, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 25
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Bountiful, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 25
- DAVID JOSEPH MARSHLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MATHEWSCorporal · June 18, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MAULDINCorporal · June 18, 1968
- EDWARD HOWARD MEEKER JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
From Bountiful
- ROBERT RALPH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVEN FRANKLIN MATHIASLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- PHILIP JAMES KREK JRSergeant · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT CONRAD SHANNONCorporal · July 20, 1968
- TERRY BUCKLES DAYLance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 9, 1969
- STEVEN DANNY LUNDLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE WEEKSSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- DONN WHITNEY BELANDERPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH SKEWESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
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.