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SETH HAYDEN MATTHEWS III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – October 23, 1969
Service recordSeth Hayden Matthews III, of Merritt Island, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 110
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Merritt Island, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 110
- RAYMOND ROBERT BLOSSEYCorporal · October 23, 1969
- DENNIS NYE HUDSONCorporal · October 23, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL SHEELYCorporal · October 23, 1969
- STANLEY RICHARD TOKARSKISergeant · October 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VANCE MARTIN EVANSSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 108
- KENNETH EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 109
- RAYMOND ROBERT BLOSSEYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
- ROBERT PAUL SHEELYCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
- CHARLES V REDDING IIICorporal · Panel 17W, Line 111
From Merritt Island
- REINIS FOXWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD HUNTSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
- JAMES HOMER BRADYCorporal · June 1, 1970
- MARK WENDELL MINEARWarrant Officer 1 · August 29, 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.