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THOMAS WILLIAM MATTESON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – August 13, 1968
Service recordThomas William Matteson, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 7
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 7
- FRANCISCO XAVIER LICEAPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- CHARLES LEE LYMANPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW LYONSCorporal · August 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 6
- CHARLES LEE LYMANPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 7
- DONALD EUGENE PRAGMANPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 8
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 9
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 9
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.