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RUSSELL LEE MATHENY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1947 – April 23, 1968
Service recordRussell Lee Matheny, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 40
- GARY LODUHASpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- ANDREW LEROY MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE MEEHANPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- DAVID MURPHYCorporal · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS ANDREW HARMONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 39
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 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.