Date of birth:

February 4th, 1921 (Muskegon, Muskegon County/Michigan, USA)

Date of death:

December 22nd, 1943 (IJsselmeer, Netherlands)

Service number:

0-676589

Nationality:

American

Bomb aimer, 2nd Lieutenant
USAAF 93 Bomb Group 409 Bomb. Squadron

Son of Clarence Melville Matthews and Josephine Olthoff-Matthews. Navigator of B-24 42-63969 of USAAF 93 Bomb Group 409 Bomb Sqdn. Shot down on the way back from a mission to Osnabruck off the coast of Workum on the IJsselmeer (Netherlands). Missing since 22 December 1943. Distinguished with an Air Medal and Purple Heart. His name appears on the Wall of Missing Margraten.

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