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Personal info

Full name
MATTHEWS, Charlie J
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Johnson, Williamsburg County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
20450089
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 6 23

Immediate family

Members
Earl J. Matthews (father)
Mary G. Matthews (mother)
Olive Matthews (sister)
John Matthews (brother)
Thomas Matthews (brother)
Mary E. Matthews (sister)
Ulmer Matthews (brother)
John L. Matthews (brother)
Miriam R. Matthews (sister)
Janie B. Matthews (sister)
James A. Matthews (brother)

More information

Pfc Charlie J. Matthews attended high school for one year and was a filling station attendant when he joined the National Guard in Kingstree, South Carolina on 27 January 1941.

He was severely wounded in action by blast injuries in the buttock and hip, caused by a landmine.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery