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RICHARD EDWARD MATYAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1950 – March 10, 1969
Service recordRichard Edward Matyas, of New London, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 31, 1950
- Home of record
- New London, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 1
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MACKEY JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- EDWARD RALPH MEIEROTTOFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1969
- LEONARD CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- JULIUS AUGUSTA MITCHELLCorporal · March 10, 1969
From New London
- WINFIELD AUGUST SPOEHR JRCorporal · December 19, 1967
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD LLOYD DAVISConstructionman · August 26, 1968
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · June 9, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1970
- KENNETH HARVEY KANAMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1970
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.