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ROBERT MATTHEWS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 1947 – November 8, 1967
Service recordRobert Matthews JR, of Carthage, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 52
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
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Carthage, North Carolina (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 29E, Line 52
- RICHARD ALLEN MEHNEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- SIMON ROSALINO MOLINAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES LEE NAVARROLance Corporal · November 8, 1967
- MAURICE FREDRICK NORTHRUPPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
From Carthage
- ROBERT COLE STEWARTCaptain · February 15, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN COLLIERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- JAMES DAVID BARRCorporal · March 18, 1968
- SHERMAN JUNIOR HUSSEYMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- BEDFORD MARK MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
- ROGER MARTIN TYNERSergeant · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GRIMMCorporal · July 7, 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.