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WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1945 – April 19, 1968
Service recordWalter Francis E Matis JR, of Stratford, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Stratford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 50
- EDWARD THOMAS MELLO JRFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- GILBERT MENDOZAPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- JANIS MICULSSpecialist Five · April 19, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 46
- MICHAEL GLENN LIPSIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 49
- ARTHUR JAMES LORDMajor · Panel 50E, Line 49
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 50E, Line 50
- CHARLES J HARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50E, Line 51
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 51
- CURTIS RAY RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD LLOYD SELLPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL JOHN WALLACESergeant First Class · Panel 51E, Line 2
- MICHAEL RAY WERDEHOFFMaster Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 4
- JOHN EDWARD WILBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 4
From Stratford
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DURKIN JRCorporal · May 22, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM HARRISSergeant First Class · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD URBANLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BOWESpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- IRWIN STUART LERNERMajor · December 20, 1972
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.