James D Matthews
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Front L-R :- James D. Matthews - (E), James O. Mellotte - (RO), John T. Stuckey - (BTG), Mose C. Boren, Jr. - (TTG), Allan W. Cathers - (WG), Russell G. Wolfersberger, Jr. - (TG)
Object Number - UPL 56960 - Rear L-R :- Charles H. Edwards (P), Merrill A. Burt (CP), Joe Stewart - (B), Gerald L. Roy - (N) Front L-R :- James D. Matthews - (E), James O....
Assigned to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed aboard B-24 41-29505 at Lyons, France in attempted landing after engine failure Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 857th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-719592
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Washington County, AR | 23 August 1923 | Son of Clifford E. and Edith [Ratliff] Matthews. |
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Enlisted |
Little Rock, AR | 7 May 1943 | Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Died |
Lyon, France | 6 February 1945 | Killed aboard B-24 41-29505 at Lyons, France in attempted landing after engine failure Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial | Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial Cote d'Azur, France Plot B Row 1 Grave 13 | |
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Based |
Harrington | 6 February 1945 | Assigned to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia