Matthews William Frederick

Monuments

First Infantry Division - Meuse Argonne

Name:

William Frederick Matthews

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

Unit:

2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-10-09

State:

Missouri

Cemetery:

Laddonia Cemetery, Laddonia, Missouri

Plot:

Section 4

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Grave:

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Comments:

When Corporal William Frederick Matthews was born on August 5, 1896, in Audrain, Missouri, his father, James, was 34 and his mother, Sarah, was 21. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Corporal in Company C, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 9, 1918 in France at the age of 22 and is now buried in Laddonia Cemetery, Laddonia, Audrain County, Missouri, USA.