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WILLIAM CARROLL MATTIS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 24, 1926 – March 11, 1965
Service recordWilliam Carroll Mattis, of Acampo, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 11, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 24, 1926
- Home of record
- Acampo, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1965; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 95
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
From Acampo
- JIMMIE DUAYNE CINTRONLance Corporal · April 22, 1967
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.