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ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 1, 1942 – May 11, 1966
Service recordRoger Michael Mathewson, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 49
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- GARRY HAROLD LINDERLance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- ROGER D MANNSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK OTTOSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES GLENN MCINTOSHLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
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.