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THOMAS ERWIN MATUSH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1945 – January 12, 1967
Service recordThomas Erwin Matush, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 16
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- LLOYD CHARLES LAUGERMANLance Corporal · January 12, 1967
- DAVID BRUCE MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- DENNIS PAUL NEELEYPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD BUSCHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 14
- FREDERICK THOMAS CARTERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 14
- RODNEY GEORGE DRAKESpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 14
- ANGUS N JACKSONSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 15
- BILLY W MCKEELStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 17
- RENE REYNOSOSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 17
- SANDER CHRIS SANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 18
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ROBERT P CASPERSEN IISpecialist Four · November 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.