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WILLIAM LEE MATHIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 1, 1946 – August 1, 1967
Service recordWilliam Lee Mathis, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Locomotive Repairer (65B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 402 TRANS CO 11 TRANS BN 4 TRANS CMD 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- June 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 61
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KLAGESFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1967
- JOHN LARRY LAVISHCaptain · August 1, 1967
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 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.