Name:
Matthew James Spears
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
38342781
Unit:
116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division
Date of Death:
1944-08-07
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
Plot:
Section 5
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
Matthew James Spears was born on September 20, 1926, in Devol, Cotton County, Oklahoma. He was the son of John Wiley Spears and Dora Ophelia Beard Spears.
Matthew served in the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on August 7, 1944, during the liberation of Vire, France. PFC Spears is now buried in the City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA. Note that his headstone lists his unit as the 75th Infantry Division rather than the 29th Infantry Division.