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ROGER EDWARD MATHIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1948 – April 18, 1967
Service recordRoger Edward Mathis, of Jesup, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 46
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
- September 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Jesup, Georgia (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 46
- THOMAS DEAL MENDENHALLMajor · April 18, 1967
- CALVIN EUGENE NEWELLCorporal · April 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RHINEHospitalman · April 18, 1967
- WILLIE FRANK AMOSPrivate · April 19, 1967
From Jesup
- RALPH TRAYLOR WOODALL JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- WILLARD PAUL WOODSLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- JAMES LEE ELLIS JRSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- IVEY JACKSON HAYESCorporal · April 4, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD THOMASCorporal · May 10, 1969
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.