Son of James Houston Matthews and Mary Elizabeth Robinson Matthews.
Technician 4th grade (Sgt.) Matthews enlisted on Nov. 28, 1942 at Camp Croft, SC. Ser. No. 34592239. He was a retail manager. He attended Davidson College, NC in the 1930s.
*From the McCallie alumni journal
December 1945
Sgt. Eugene Matthews was drowned in Borrow Lake near Sardis, Miss., while fishing. The motorboat in which he and another soldier were fishing capsized. Both men were drowned.
Gene was stationed with a guard unit at the prisoner of war camp, Como, Miss. He was at McCallie School, visiting his brother, Frank...less than 24 hrs. before his death. He was a halfback on the varsity football team...
Technician 4th grade (Sgt.) Matthews enlisted on Nov. 28, 1942 at Camp Croft, SC. Ser. No. 34592239. He was a retail manager. He attended Davidson College, NC in the 1930s.
*From the McCallie alumni journal
December 1945
Sgt. Eugene Matthews was drowned in Borrow Lake near Sardis, Miss., while fishing. The motorboat in which he and another soldier were fishing capsized. Both men were drowned.
Gene was stationed with a guard unit at the prisoner of war camp, Como, Miss. He was at McCallie School, visiting his brother, Frank...less than 24 hrs. before his death. He was a halfback on the varsity football team...
Son of James Houston Matthews and Mary Elizabeth Robinson Matthews.
Technician 4th grade (Sgt.) Matthews enlisted on Nov. 28, 1942 at Camp Croft, SC. Ser. No. 34592239. He was a retail manager. He attended Davidson College, NC in the 1930s.
*From the McCallie alumni journal
December 1945
Sgt. Eugene Matthews was drowned in Borrow Lake near Sardis, Miss., while fishing. The motorboat in which he and another soldier were fishing capsized. Both men were drowned.
Gene was stationed with a guard unit at the prisoner of war camp, Como, Miss. He was at McCallie School, visiting his brother, Frank...less than 24 hrs. before his death. He was a halfback on the varsity football team...
Technician 4th grade (Sgt.) Matthews enlisted on Nov. 28, 1942 at Camp Croft, SC. Ser. No. 34592239. He was a retail manager. He attended Davidson College, NC in the 1930s.
*From the McCallie alumni journal
December 1945
Sgt. Eugene Matthews was drowned in Borrow Lake near Sardis, Miss., while fishing. The motorboat in which he and another soldier were fishing capsized. Both men were drowned.
Gene was stationed with a guard unit at the prisoner of war camp, Como, Miss. He was at McCallie School, visiting his brother, Frank...less than 24 hrs. before his death. He was a halfback on the varsity football team...
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