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TIMOTHY GEORGE MATTSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – April 14, 1968
Service recordTimothy George Mattson, of Brush Prairie, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Operation And Intelligence Nco (12D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Brush Prairie, Washington (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; three 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 unit recorded as “C CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 53
- DEWAYNE KINGPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- GARY HOYT LEARYPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- BENJAMIN EDWIN LENNARD JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- HECTOR RAMON MARIN-RAMOSSergeant · April 14, 1968
From Brush Prairie
- DALE RAYMOND LINDBERGSergeant · October 20, 1967
- RICHARD AUGUST HOSTIKKACaptain · March 2, 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.