John  Hubert  MATHEWS

 

mathews john
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-018626
AGE37 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1907 Cass  Pocahontas Country  WEST VIRGINIA
ETATFLORIDA
FAMILY--
RANKLieutenant Colonel
FONCTIONSecond in command of the Regiment
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT--WV
DATE of ENLISTEMENT1928
COMPANY BATTALIONHeadquarter Company - 1st Battalion
REGIMENT16th Infantry Regiment
DIVISION 1st Infantry Division
DATE OF DEATH6 june 1944mathews john tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHOmaha Beach
CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
H198
DECORATION
Army Presidential Unit Citationcitation presid2olc

Distinguished Service Cross

Silver Star

Croix de guerre (French)

Bronze Star

Purple Heart

European African Middle Eastern Campaing Medal

American Campaign Medal

World War II Victory Medal

American Defense Service Medal

 

dsc

bsm

croix de guerre

bsm

Photo FDLM

EAMECampaignMedal+4etoiles+olc

american campaign medal

victory medal

AmerDefMedal

us army div 1  16ir

 

STORY
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28-1931 United State Military Academy West Point mathews john usma west point
1931-1941 First Lieutenant 14th Infantry Regiment 14 th  Infantry Regiment
1941-1942 Major 1st Battalion
18th Infantry Regiment

1st  Battalion 18th Infantry Regiment
1942-1944 Lieutenant Colonel 1st Infantry Division
 
Lieu de passage West Point West Point
New York
Panama
Fort Benning GEORGIA
Africa
Sicily
Angleterre
Normandie

mathews john 1 1928-1931, United States Military Academy United States Military Academy

Comment of a soldier of 16th Infantry Regiment

"Capt Kimball Richmond, a company commander, got our battalion organized and started to lead us up the hill. He got a DSC for this, I think. It was a terrific job."

"We had to get off the beach because they were rolling those grenades on us and shooting us up pretty bad. It was a little wet, and going up that cliff was slippery. It took us an hour and a half to get going. Then we went to the top of the hill and started taking trenches and bunkers. We lost a lot of people because the trenches were mined."

"We got inside this German bunker and we wanted to make some coffee, but all we could find was Vichy water. So we dumped it into an old pot and made coffee with it."

"I always thought we hit Omaha Easy Red, but this map shows Fox Green. The 116th Regt was on our right and the British on the left. Our regimental executive officer, Lt Col John H. Mathews, set up a CP in a little shack right in that draw. It was hit immediately and he was killed."

Jour J du DDay

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOClive TIRLEMONT - Army.togetherweserved.com  - Frédéric LAVERNHE
PROGRAMMERFrédéric & Renaud
TRANSLATION BYNathalie
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