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ROBERT MATHIAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1945 – January 15, 1968
Service recordRobert Mathias, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 54
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
- November 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 54
- CHARLES WILLIAM IRBYSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- JOSEPH LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- ERNEST TYRONE MARTINSergeant First Class · January 15, 1968
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.