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ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1948 – August 5, 1968
Service recordRobert William Matthews, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 15
- HARRY KIMSpecialist Four · August 5, 1968
- ROBERT DAVIS LONGStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1968
- GARY MICHIEL MABREYSergeant · August 5, 1968
From Upper Darby
- EDWARD WILLIAM REILLYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- VICTOR JAMES FORDLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- FRANCIS EDWARD SMILEYMajor · August 27, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH HUMMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- FRANK JAMES MASTROMATTEOLance Corporal · April 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- GREGORY JOSEPH THOMASSergeant · January 15, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.