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RICKY PALMER MATTERN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 20, 1945 – September 3, 1967
Service recordRicky Palmer Mattern, of Everett, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 93
- JIMMY GENE MAYFIELDCorporal · September 3, 1967
- HERBERT WILLIAM MOORE JRMajor · September 3, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARENCE ROUSESpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL SALVOSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 91
- DAVID CARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 91
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 94
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK PELTONCorporal · September 10, 1967
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.