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WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 20, 1942 – January 30, 1966
Service recordWallace Kenji Matayoshi, of Torrance, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 120
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 120
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- ALFRED JEFFERSON HOLDENTechnical Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
From Torrance
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM MULLEN JRLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
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.