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SAMUEL JUDSON MATHIS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 26, 1947 – August 8, 1969
Service recordSamuel Judson Mathis, of Ft Walton Beach, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 114
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Walton Beach, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 114
- LUIS ALBERTO MASSACorporal · August 8, 1969
- LONZO O MCDONALDCorporal · August 8, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN NOLDINCorporal · August 8, 1969
- RICHARD RALPH OLSONSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LYNN DANCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 112
From Ft Walton Beach
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS DEROSIERSecond Lieutenant · September 19, 1966
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- JOHN HAYES LAKINSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1969
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- JOEL CRAIG YORKSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- FRED ALLEN GASSMANSergeant · October 5, 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.