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Personal info

Full name
MATHEWS, Lowell
Date of birth
5 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia
Hometown
Kenova, Wayne County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35659123
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
274th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 September 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 43

Immediate family

Members
Calvin L. Mathews (father)
Virginia (Robinson) Mathews (mother)
George L. Mathews (brother)
Marguriete N. Mathews (sister)
Albert L. Mathews (brother)
Donald Mathews (brother)
Thelma F. Mathews (sister)
Hazel Mathews (sister)
Calvin Mathews (brother)
Russell Mathews (brother)
Martha M. Mathews (sister)
Dora M. (Archer) Mathews (wife)

More information

Pfc Lowell Mathews enlisted on 11 May 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire to his thigh.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Maynard Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - WWII Young American Patriots