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RICHARD ALAN MATHEIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 7, 1950 – May 8, 1970
Service recordRichard Alan Matheis, of Adams, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Adams, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 1
- STEVE LAIL MARTINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- ROBERT EARLE MINCEYCaptain · May 8, 1970
- ALLAN JOHN MOORESpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ALLEN DAVIDSONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 130
- HARRY GREGG FLIEGERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 130
- PATRICK ERNEST HENNENSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 131
- ROBERT EARLE MINCEYCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 1
- JOHNNIE PICKENS JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 3
- THOMAS GARY STANDLEYCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 3
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.