MAJ Clarence Mathis

Army | Field Artillery Unit Commander

Dates of Service: Nov 1965 - Sep 1998

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Jun 1969 - Jun 1970

Battery Commander

Battery A, 1st BN, 5th FA, 1st ID | Fort Riley, KS

This is same firing battery I had before, A/1/13th FA 24th ID but the 1st Division came home from Vietnam and we deactivated the 24th ID and became the Big Red One, 1st ID. They only brought colors home from Vietnam and reassigned most in country to other units to finish their tours.

Oct 1968 - Jun 1969

Battery Commander

Battery A, 1st Bn, 13th FA | Fort Riley, KS

Commanded firing battery of 6 M109 self propelled 155 mm howitzers and soldiers. Trained in delivery of HE and special weapons on targets. We were

Feb 1968 - Aug 1968

Infantryman

Mobile Advisory Team MAT TM #37 | Vietnam

Infantry Advisor to South Vietnamese Regional Forces and South Vietnamese Popular Forces RF/PF 60 k’s north of Phan Thiet at Song Mao. Helped to train their soldiers in weapons training and conduct combat operations in AO.

Aug 1967 - Feb 1968

Fire Direction Officer

A Battery, 7th Bn, 15th FA | Vietnam

OIC of Fire Direction Center of 8 inch / 175 gun battery at LZ English, Duc Co, the Oasis, and LZ Pony in support of a brigade of 1st Cavalry Division.

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Deployments

(1 year, 2 months)

Aug 1967 - Sep 1968

Vietnam War

6 months in 8 inch/175 gun firing battery. A Battery, 7th Battalion, 15th FA as Fire Direction Officer and occasional Forward Observer with Special Forces A Team and CIDG at LZ English near Bong Song in northern II Corps. Then 6 months as infantry advisor with RF/PF forces in MAT Team #37 at Song Mao in southern II Corps 60 k’s north of Phan Thiet.