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WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1948 – June 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam Travis Matlock, of Nacogdoches, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Nacogdoches, Texas (Nacogdoches County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 34
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD MCSTOOTSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- CARL GILBERT MOTESSergeant First Class · June 12, 1969
- DENNIS BRIAN MURRAYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DENNIS CLATFELTERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 31
- LORENZO RICHARD PETTISCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 35
From Nacogdoches
- JERRY MACK WALLAirman First Class · May 18, 1966
- RALPH BAMFORD WALKER IICaptain · May 29, 1967
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JOHNNY BEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- HARREL EARL STEARNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
- WADE ANTHONY GREERCaptain · November 5, 1969
- SAMUEL ROY LYNCHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
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.