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WENCESLAO ROSAS MATIAS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 6, 1948 – December 11, 1968
Service recordWenceslao Rosas Matias JR, of Austin, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 4
- MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKEFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- JOHN CLARENCE LIVERMANLance Corporal · December 11, 1968
- ELIJAH MILES JRSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- RONALD ANTHONY OSINSKIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN CORTES-CASTILLOSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 1
- MARTIN CHARLES FRITZPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 2
- DAVID ERNEST GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 2
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.