Bernard Charles Mattson

Private First Class
2ND PLT, C CO, 1ST BN, 5TH INF RGT, 25 INF DIV
Army of the United States
02 November 1947 - 12 January 1968
East Peoria, IL
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25 INF DIV 5TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign
Bernard C Mattson

The database page for Bernard Charles Mattson

15 Oct 2002

Bernard C Mattson


Bernard Mattson, from Peoria, Illinois, was called Matt by his friends in the 2d Platoon of C Company. Matt arrived in Vietnam in October 1967, and was killed during a mortar attack on January 12, 1968. C Company's mission that day was to cordon off and search a suspected VC village. The company surrounded the village, and then half of each platoon entered to conduct the search while the remaining half remained on the perimeter to prevent any VC from escaping and reinforcements, if any, from arriving. During the search, VC mortar rounds fell among the 2d Platoon forces on the perimeter. Mattson was the only casualty. A small piece of shrapnel entered his left side, under his armpit, and pierced his heart. He was 20 years of age.

REMEMBERED

by his comrades in the
5th Infantry
the Bobcats

From a a fellow Bobcat,
Randy Kethcart
randy@bobcat.ws

03 Dec 2003

When the Vietnam Memorial was dedicated, Bernard's mother Helen Mattson was named as a "Gold Star Mother". She traveled to Washington for the dedication.

From a cousin (my mother and Bernard's mother are sisters),
Stephen Newell
15888 Co. Rd. 346A Terrell, Tx 75161
stephennewell223@hotmail.com





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