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WILLIAM JEROME MATHEWS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1949 – July 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam Jerome Mathews, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 20
- CLIFFORD HENRY SCHECKStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1968
- MARION NEAL TAPPSpecialist Four · July 12, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMPSONCorporal · July 12, 1968
- DAVID CULLEN TOMLINSONWarrant Officer 1 · July 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERNSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 19
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.