Nelson County: Matthews, James Thomas

personal-war-service-record-of-virginia-s-war-dead

virginia-world-war-ii-history-commission

part-i-personal-data

first-name: James

middle-name: Thomas

last-name: Matthews

suffix:

home-address: Lovington Va

county: Nelson

birthplace: Beechfork W. Va (later called Amonate Va)

date-of-birth: 1927-06-21

race: white

sex: Male

height-ft: 6

height-ins:

weight-lbs: 200

marital-status: Single

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education

elementary-years: 7

high-school-years: 4

college-years: 1

other:

degrees:

occupation: Pulp Wood Worker

religious-affiliation: Walnut Grove Baptist Church

citizen-of-what-nation: U.S.

father-s-name

first-name: James

middle-name: David

last-name: Matthews

suffix:

mother-s-maiden-name

first-name: Esther

middle-name: Lucille

last-name: Bridgewater

part-ii-military-record

means-of-entry: Enlisted

date-of-entry: 1944-07-dd

place-of-entry: Roanoke Va

rank-at-entry: Army Reservist

first-served:

branch-of-service:

service-number: 13181607

previous-military-education-training-and-service:

trained-or-stationed-within-the-united-states

camp-station-base-school-etc-place-from-date-to-date: University of Penn. Phila. Aug 1- Oct 28- 1944 U.M.I. Lexington Va Nov 6-'44- Jan 27-'45 U.M.I. Lexington Va Feb 6-'45- Apr 28-'45 State College Raleigh N.C. May 5 - July 2-'45

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circumstances-of-death: Kill Accidentally

area-of-place-of-death: One Athletic Field St College, Raleigh N.C.

date-of-death: 1945-07-02

any-other-details-known: while jogging around the race track (by lightning)

photograph: Yes

next-of-kin

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first-name: Lucille

middle-name:

last-name: Matthews

suffix:

address: Lovington Va

relationship: mother

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first-name: Reba

middle-name: F.

last-name: Lea

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address: Lovington Va

page-4: Entered Penn. with 140 boys (after 3 mo. term) Transferred to V.M.I. with 77 of the original group After 2 terms at V.M.I. transferred to Raleigh with 16 of the original Penn. group Achievement test at Raleigh- was 1 of 12 out of 600 qualified for West Point. Great grandfathers both in Civil War: Wm Nathaniel Bridgewater from Nelson Co. Lt John A. Holtzman with Little Fork Rangers in Culpepper Co.