Grace DeAlvah Hallman Matassarin was born on December 6, 1914 in Georgia. She was the daughter of George Coley Hallman and Eunice Barker Hallman - Quick. Grace served in the military as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. She was one of the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor” – the US Army and Navy Nurse Corps women who served in the Battle of the Philippines in 1941-42. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, 11 Navy nurses, 66 army nurses, and 1 nurse-anesthetist were captured and imprisoned in and around Manila. They continued to serve as nurses in various POW camps until they were finally liberated in February 1945. Grace died on May 19, 1995 at the age of 80, at Wichita, Kansas and is now buried in the Temple Emanuel Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA.