Matthew was the son of Ethel Dwyer and Matthew M. Dwyer Sr. who had predeceased his son, of Lyndhurst New Jersey. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on December 9 1964 in New York NY, and in Vietnam he was assigned to and served with Company A, 3d Engineer Battalion, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
On February 28, a CH-45D from HMM-262 was on route from Dong Ha to Khe Sanh in Hoa Huong District of northern Quang Tri Province. The aircraft was on a mission to bring a repair crew for a damaged CH-46D when it was hit with automatic weapons fire in the vicinity of the border of Cam Lo and Hoa Huong Districts. The CH-46D caught fire, crashed and burned on impact, recovery crews located one survivor who later died at the 3d Medical Battalion in Quang Tri. Twenty three passengers and crew were killed on the ill-fated flight; one of the casualties was LCpl Dwyer.
Casualties:
David Zavala Balades, Alfredo Benigni,Kenneth Robert Bradley,Robert Edward Caldwell,Ronald S.H. Christman,Kyle J. Coles,Donald Nathaniel Cooper , Ronald Lee Dempsey, Matthew Murice Dwyer,John Patrick Ellis, Danny "D" Gard,Donald Arthur Labonte, Marc Wayne Mc Cabe,Edwin George Meixner, James Herbert Mikels, Charles Edward Parsons, Robert Lee Sevell, Charles Otto Spillman,Emmett Charles Stanton, Jay Webster Stull,John Alfred Thotland, John Paul Toth, William Oliver Turner.
∼LCpl Dwyer #2104947
MOS: 1371 Combat Engineer.
Matthew died in Vietnam while assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.
Survived by his mother, Ethel Dwyer of Lynchurst, New Jersey.
His father Matthew Dwyer Sr was deceased.∼US Marine Corps
Vietnam Veteran
A CO, 3RD ENG BN, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
Location on The Wall - Panel 41E, Line 63
On February 28, a CH-45D from HMM-262 was on route from Dong Ha to Khe Sanh in Hoa Huong District of northern Quang Tri Province. The aircraft was on a mission to bring a repair crew for a damaged CH-46D when it was hit with automatic weapons fire in the vicinity of the border of Cam Lo and Hoa Huong Districts. The CH-46D caught fire, crashed and burned on impact, recovery crews located one survivor who later died at the 3d Medical Battalion in Quang Tri. Twenty three passengers and crew were killed on the ill-fated flight; one of the casualties was LCpl Dwyer.
Casualties:
David Zavala Balades, Alfredo Benigni,Kenneth Robert Bradley,Robert Edward Caldwell,Ronald S.H. Christman,Kyle J. Coles,Donald Nathaniel Cooper , Ronald Lee Dempsey, Matthew Murice Dwyer,John Patrick Ellis, Danny "D" Gard,Donald Arthur Labonte, Marc Wayne Mc Cabe,Edwin George Meixner, James Herbert Mikels, Charles Edward Parsons, Robert Lee Sevell, Charles Otto Spillman,Emmett Charles Stanton, Jay Webster Stull,John Alfred Thotland, John Paul Toth, William Oliver Turner.
∼LCpl Dwyer #2104947
MOS: 1371 Combat Engineer.
Matthew died in Vietnam while assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.
Survived by his mother, Ethel Dwyer of Lynchurst, New Jersey.
His father Matthew Dwyer Sr was deceased.∼US Marine Corps
Vietnam Veteran
A CO, 3RD ENG BN, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
Location on The Wall - Panel 41E, Line 63
Matthew was the son of Ethel Dwyer and Matthew M. Dwyer Sr. who had predeceased his son, of Lyndhurst New Jersey. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on December 9 1964 in New York NY, and in Vietnam he was assigned to and served with Company A, 3d Engineer Battalion, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
On February 28, a CH-45D from HMM-262 was on route from Dong Ha to Khe Sanh in Hoa Huong District of northern Quang Tri Province. The aircraft was on a mission to bring a repair crew for a damaged CH-46D when it was hit with automatic weapons fire in the vicinity of the border of Cam Lo and Hoa Huong Districts. The CH-46D caught fire, crashed and burned on impact, recovery crews located one survivor who later died at the 3d Medical Battalion in Quang Tri. Twenty three passengers and crew were killed on the ill-fated flight; one of the casualties was LCpl Dwyer.
Casualties:
David Zavala Balades, Alfredo Benigni,Kenneth Robert Bradley,Robert Edward Caldwell,Ronald S.H. Christman,Kyle J. Coles,Donald Nathaniel Cooper , Ronald Lee Dempsey, Matthew Murice Dwyer,John Patrick Ellis, Danny "D" Gard,Donald Arthur Labonte, Marc Wayne Mc Cabe,Edwin George Meixner, James Herbert Mikels, Charles Edward Parsons, Robert Lee Sevell, Charles Otto Spillman,Emmett Charles Stanton, Jay Webster Stull,John Alfred Thotland, John Paul Toth, William Oliver Turner.
∼LCpl Dwyer #2104947
MOS: 1371 Combat Engineer.
Matthew died in Vietnam while assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.
Survived by his mother, Ethel Dwyer of Lynchurst, New Jersey.
His father Matthew Dwyer Sr was deceased.∼US Marine Corps
Vietnam Veteran
A CO, 3RD ENG BN, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
Location on The Wall - Panel 41E, Line 63
On February 28, a CH-45D from HMM-262 was on route from Dong Ha to Khe Sanh in Hoa Huong District of northern Quang Tri Province. The aircraft was on a mission to bring a repair crew for a damaged CH-46D when it was hit with automatic weapons fire in the vicinity of the border of Cam Lo and Hoa Huong Districts. The CH-46D caught fire, crashed and burned on impact, recovery crews located one survivor who later died at the 3d Medical Battalion in Quang Tri. Twenty three passengers and crew were killed on the ill-fated flight; one of the casualties was LCpl Dwyer.
Casualties:
David Zavala Balades, Alfredo Benigni,Kenneth Robert Bradley,Robert Edward Caldwell,Ronald S.H. Christman,Kyle J. Coles,Donald Nathaniel Cooper , Ronald Lee Dempsey, Matthew Murice Dwyer,John Patrick Ellis, Danny "D" Gard,Donald Arthur Labonte, Marc Wayne Mc Cabe,Edwin George Meixner, James Herbert Mikels, Charles Edward Parsons, Robert Lee Sevell, Charles Otto Spillman,Emmett Charles Stanton, Jay Webster Stull,John Alfred Thotland, John Paul Toth, William Oliver Turner.
∼LCpl Dwyer #2104947
MOS: 1371 Combat Engineer.
Matthew died in Vietnam while assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division.
Survived by his mother, Ethel Dwyer of Lynchurst, New Jersey.
His father Matthew Dwyer Sr was deceased.∼US Marine Corps
Vietnam Veteran
A CO, 3RD ENG BN, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
Location on The Wall - Panel 41E, Line 63
