1923 OCT 23, FRED WAS BORN AT HOME ON MAIN ST. BLACK HAWK COLO.
1930-1938, FRED ATTEDNED GRADE SCHOOL AT BLACK HAWK COLO.
1942 MAY, GRADUATED FROM GILPIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, CENTRAL CITY COLO. WHERE HE PLAYED CENTER FOR THE GILPIN COUNTY EAGLES, BASKETBALL TEAM.
1943, 23, JULY, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. Name: Frederick G Matson. Birth Year: 1923. Race: White, citizen. Nativity State or Country: Gilpin, Colorado. Enlistment Date: 23 July 1943. Enlistment State: Colorado. Enlistment City: Denver. Branch: No branch assignment
Grade: Private. Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component. Selectees (Enlisted Men). Source: Civil Life. Education: 4 years of high school.
Civil Occupation: Skilled Quarryman or Miner, and minning-machine operator. Marital Status: Single, without dependents.
1943 AUGUST 13, FRED WAS INDUCTED AT FORT SILLS OKLAHOMA INTO THE 96TH (RAINBOW) INFANTRY DIVISION, "THE FIRST TO FIGHT." FRED TRANSFERED WITHIN TO THE "DEAD EYE " DIVISION OF THE 321 ENGINEERS COMPANY B., BECAUSE IT WAS PREPARING FOR THE PACIFIC AND THAT'S WHERE HIS BROTHER JODY WAS. GOOFEY WAS THE COMPANY'S MASCOT AND MARGURIE MAIN WAS THE COMPANY SWEETHEART. FRED QUALIFIED FOR LIGHT TRUCK DRIVER (345), EXPERT M1 RIFLE AND EXPERT LIGHT MACHINE GUN. HIS DIVISON WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 24TH CORPS UNDER GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND COMMANDED BY MAJOR GEN JAMES L. BRADLEY. HIS COMPANY LEFT FOR THE PACIFIC AUGUST 20, 1944 AND TRAINED IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FROM JULY TO SEPT 1944. AND ARRIVED IN THE PACIFIC SEPTEMBER 15, 1944.
1944 OCTOBER 20TH, FRED'S FIRST ASSULT WAS AT LEYTE GULF PHILIPPINES, WHERE CHALK RIDGE WAS TAKEN. 5 MONTHS WERE SPENT CAPTURING, MOPPING UP AND SECURING THE AREA AND ANOTHER 3 MONTHS PREPARING FOR THE ASSULT ON OKINAWA. THE DIVISION LEFT THE PHILIPPINES ON MARCH 27 1945 FOR OKINAWA.
1945 APRIL FIRST, EASTER SUNDAY, FRED WAS IN THE SECOND WAVE OF SOLDIERS ONTO OKINAWA BEACH AND FAUGHT FROM APRIL 1 1945 TO JUNE 30 1945, WHERE THE ESTIMATED DEATH TOLL OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS WAS 250,000. SOME COMPANY'S TOOK 100% CASUALTIES. IT IS SAID THIS BATTLE AND THE CASUALTIES WAS WHY HARRY TRUEMAN DECIDED TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMBS. AFTER THE TAKING OF THE ISLAND THE 96TH (REDEYE) DIVISION WAS MOVED INTO CORPS RESERVE AT MINDORA PHILIPPINES.
1946 JAN 17, THE DIVISION LEFT FOR THE U.S. AND WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION.
1946 FEB. 8, FRED WAS HONORABLE DISCHARGED AT FORT LOGAN COLORADO WITH $302.50 MUSTERING OUT PAY FOR 2 YRS. 6 MONTHS, 16 DAYS OF SERVICE. DECORATIONS AND SITATIONS: AMERICAN SERVICE METAL, ASIATIC PACIFIC SERVICE METAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY METAL, GOOD CONDUCT METAL, MERITORIOUS SERVICE UNIT PLAQUE GO 520 96TH INF DIV 45.
REMARKS: LEPEL BUTTON ISSUED. ASR SCORE (SEPTEMBER 1945) - 47. INACTIVE SERVICE ERC 23 JUL 1943 TO 12 AUG 1943. CHOLERA 9 APRIL 1945, YELLOW FEVER 25 SEPTEMBER 1945.
1946 FRED SETTLED IN COOS BAY OREGON, WHERE HE WORKED FOR WAREHOUSER.
1954 FRED MET A WAITRESS AT THE "TOP HAT" RESTURANT NAMED EDNA WAGONER. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. FRED PROPOSED TO EDNA SPELLING OUT " WILL YOU MARRY ME ?" WITH FRENCHFRIES. FRED AND EDNA MARRIED IN 1954.
FRED WORKED FOR THE CITY OF COOS BAY FOR 16 YEARS, COLLECTING MONEY AND REPAIRED CITY PARKING METERS. DURING HIS LIFE FRED HAD HEART DISEASE WHICH REQUIRED A HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT.
1984 AUG 17, OBITUARY: " SERVICES FOR FREDRICK GRANT MATSON, 60, COOS BAY, WILL BE HELD AT 4:00 P.M. TODAY AT THE COOS BAY CHAPEL WITH HAROLD SINCLAIR OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK. MR. MATSON WAS BORN OCT 23, 1923 IN BLACK HAWK COLO. MR. MATSON WAS A U.S. MARINE VETERAN OF WORLD WAR l l. HE MOVED TO THE BAY ARE IN 1946 AND WORKED AS A METER TECHNICIAN FOR THE CITY OF COOS BAY FOR 16 YEARS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE EDNA IN OCTOBER 1979."
"SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, JEFFERY C. MATSON OF COOS BAY; A DAUGHTER, VONNITA ADAMS OF TROUTDALE, ORE.; BROTHERS JOSEPH C. MATSON OF COOS BAY, JOHN MATSON OF COOS BAY, PHILLIP MATSON OF CHICAGO ILL., LINOLD BEGG CENTRAL CITY COLO., AND DANIEL BEGG OF WICHITA, KANSAS; A SISTER, CATHERINE MONAHAN OF CENTRAL CITY; AND MOTHER, ELIZABETH BEGG OF CENTRAL CITY. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO ST. JOSEPH'S RESIDENCY, 333 N. MAPLE ST., COOS BAY OREGON."
(NOTE) DEADEYE DIVISION SHOULDER PATCH: A WHITE DIAMOND AND A BLUE DIAMOND WHICH OVERLAP, BOTH SUPERIMPOSED ON A HEXAGONIAL PATCH WITH KHAKI BACKGROUND.
1930-1938, FRED ATTEDNED GRADE SCHOOL AT BLACK HAWK COLO.
1942 MAY, GRADUATED FROM GILPIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, CENTRAL CITY COLO. WHERE HE PLAYED CENTER FOR THE GILPIN COUNTY EAGLES, BASKETBALL TEAM.
1943, 23, JULY, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. Name: Frederick G Matson. Birth Year: 1923. Race: White, citizen. Nativity State or Country: Gilpin, Colorado. Enlistment Date: 23 July 1943. Enlistment State: Colorado. Enlistment City: Denver. Branch: No branch assignment
Grade: Private. Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component. Selectees (Enlisted Men). Source: Civil Life. Education: 4 years of high school.
Civil Occupation: Skilled Quarryman or Miner, and minning-machine operator. Marital Status: Single, without dependents.
1943 AUGUST 13, FRED WAS INDUCTED AT FORT SILLS OKLAHOMA INTO THE 96TH (RAINBOW) INFANTRY DIVISION, "THE FIRST TO FIGHT." FRED TRANSFERED WITHIN TO THE "DEAD EYE " DIVISION OF THE 321 ENGINEERS COMPANY B., BECAUSE IT WAS PREPARING FOR THE PACIFIC AND THAT'S WHERE HIS BROTHER JODY WAS. GOOFEY WAS THE COMPANY'S MASCOT AND MARGURIE MAIN WAS THE COMPANY SWEETHEART. FRED QUALIFIED FOR LIGHT TRUCK DRIVER (345), EXPERT M1 RIFLE AND EXPERT LIGHT MACHINE GUN. HIS DIVISON WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 24TH CORPS UNDER GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND COMMANDED BY MAJOR GEN JAMES L. BRADLEY. HIS COMPANY LEFT FOR THE PACIFIC AUGUST 20, 1944 AND TRAINED IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FROM JULY TO SEPT 1944. AND ARRIVED IN THE PACIFIC SEPTEMBER 15, 1944.
1944 OCTOBER 20TH, FRED'S FIRST ASSULT WAS AT LEYTE GULF PHILIPPINES, WHERE CHALK RIDGE WAS TAKEN. 5 MONTHS WERE SPENT CAPTURING, MOPPING UP AND SECURING THE AREA AND ANOTHER 3 MONTHS PREPARING FOR THE ASSULT ON OKINAWA. THE DIVISION LEFT THE PHILIPPINES ON MARCH 27 1945 FOR OKINAWA.
1945 APRIL FIRST, EASTER SUNDAY, FRED WAS IN THE SECOND WAVE OF SOLDIERS ONTO OKINAWA BEACH AND FAUGHT FROM APRIL 1 1945 TO JUNE 30 1945, WHERE THE ESTIMATED DEATH TOLL OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS WAS 250,000. SOME COMPANY'S TOOK 100% CASUALTIES. IT IS SAID THIS BATTLE AND THE CASUALTIES WAS WHY HARRY TRUEMAN DECIDED TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMBS. AFTER THE TAKING OF THE ISLAND THE 96TH (REDEYE) DIVISION WAS MOVED INTO CORPS RESERVE AT MINDORA PHILIPPINES.
1946 JAN 17, THE DIVISION LEFT FOR THE U.S. AND WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION.
1946 FEB. 8, FRED WAS HONORABLE DISCHARGED AT FORT LOGAN COLORADO WITH $302.50 MUSTERING OUT PAY FOR 2 YRS. 6 MONTHS, 16 DAYS OF SERVICE. DECORATIONS AND SITATIONS: AMERICAN SERVICE METAL, ASIATIC PACIFIC SERVICE METAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY METAL, GOOD CONDUCT METAL, MERITORIOUS SERVICE UNIT PLAQUE GO 520 96TH INF DIV 45.
REMARKS: LEPEL BUTTON ISSUED. ASR SCORE (SEPTEMBER 1945) - 47. INACTIVE SERVICE ERC 23 JUL 1943 TO 12 AUG 1943. CHOLERA 9 APRIL 1945, YELLOW FEVER 25 SEPTEMBER 1945.
1946 FRED SETTLED IN COOS BAY OREGON, WHERE HE WORKED FOR WAREHOUSER.
1954 FRED MET A WAITRESS AT THE "TOP HAT" RESTURANT NAMED EDNA WAGONER. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. FRED PROPOSED TO EDNA SPELLING OUT " WILL YOU MARRY ME ?" WITH FRENCHFRIES. FRED AND EDNA MARRIED IN 1954.
FRED WORKED FOR THE CITY OF COOS BAY FOR 16 YEARS, COLLECTING MONEY AND REPAIRED CITY PARKING METERS. DURING HIS LIFE FRED HAD HEART DISEASE WHICH REQUIRED A HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT.
1984 AUG 17, OBITUARY: " SERVICES FOR FREDRICK GRANT MATSON, 60, COOS BAY, WILL BE HELD AT 4:00 P.M. TODAY AT THE COOS BAY CHAPEL WITH HAROLD SINCLAIR OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK. MR. MATSON WAS BORN OCT 23, 1923 IN BLACK HAWK COLO. MR. MATSON WAS A U.S. MARINE VETERAN OF WORLD WAR l l. HE MOVED TO THE BAY ARE IN 1946 AND WORKED AS A METER TECHNICIAN FOR THE CITY OF COOS BAY FOR 16 YEARS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE EDNA IN OCTOBER 1979."
"SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, JEFFERY C. MATSON OF COOS BAY; A DAUGHTER, VONNITA ADAMS OF TROUTDALE, ORE.; BROTHERS JOSEPH C. MATSON OF COOS BAY, JOHN MATSON OF COOS BAY, PHILLIP MATSON OF CHICAGO ILL., LINOLD BEGG CENTRAL CITY COLO., AND DANIEL BEGG OF WICHITA, KANSAS; A SISTER, CATHERINE MONAHAN OF CENTRAL CITY; AND MOTHER, ELIZABETH BEGG OF CENTRAL CITY. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO ST. JOSEPH'S RESIDENCY, 333 N. MAPLE ST., COOS BAY OREGON."
(NOTE) DEADEYE DIVISION SHOULDER PATCH: A WHITE DIAMOND AND A BLUE DIAMOND WHICH OVERLAP, BOTH SUPERIMPOSED ON A HEXAGONIAL PATCH WITH KHAKI BACKGROUND.
1923 OCT 23, FRED WAS BORN AT HOME ON MAIN ST. BLACK HAWK COLO.
1930-1938, FRED ATTEDNED GRADE SCHOOL AT BLACK HAWK COLO.
1942 MAY, GRADUATED FROM GILPIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, CENTRAL CITY COLO. WHERE HE PLAYED CENTER FOR THE GILPIN COUNTY EAGLES, BASKETBALL TEAM.
1943, 23, JULY, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. Name: Frederick G Matson. Birth Year: 1923. Race: White, citizen. Nativity State or Country: Gilpin, Colorado. Enlistment Date: 23 July 1943. Enlistment State: Colorado. Enlistment City: Denver. Branch: No branch assignment
Grade: Private. Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component. Selectees (Enlisted Men). Source: Civil Life. Education: 4 years of high school.
Civil Occupation: Skilled Quarryman or Miner, and minning-machine operator. Marital Status: Single, without dependents.
1943 AUGUST 13, FRED WAS INDUCTED AT FORT SILLS OKLAHOMA INTO THE 96TH (RAINBOW) INFANTRY DIVISION, "THE FIRST TO FIGHT." FRED TRANSFERED WITHIN TO THE "DEAD EYE " DIVISION OF THE 321 ENGINEERS COMPANY B., BECAUSE IT WAS PREPARING FOR THE PACIFIC AND THAT'S WHERE HIS BROTHER JODY WAS. GOOFEY WAS THE COMPANY'S MASCOT AND MARGURIE MAIN WAS THE COMPANY SWEETHEART. FRED QUALIFIED FOR LIGHT TRUCK DRIVER (345), EXPERT M1 RIFLE AND EXPERT LIGHT MACHINE GUN. HIS DIVISON WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 24TH CORPS UNDER GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND COMMANDED BY MAJOR GEN JAMES L. BRADLEY. HIS COMPANY LEFT FOR THE PACIFIC AUGUST 20, 1944 AND TRAINED IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FROM JULY TO SEPT 1944. AND ARRIVED IN THE PACIFIC SEPTEMBER 15, 1944.
1944 OCTOBER 20TH, FRED'S FIRST ASSULT WAS AT LEYTE GULF PHILIPPINES, WHERE CHALK RIDGE WAS TAKEN. 5 MONTHS WERE SPENT CAPTURING, MOPPING UP AND SECURING THE AREA AND ANOTHER 3 MONTHS PREPARING FOR THE ASSULT ON OKINAWA. THE DIVISION LEFT THE PHILIPPINES ON MARCH 27 1945 FOR OKINAWA.
1945 APRIL FIRST, EASTER SUNDAY, FRED WAS IN THE SECOND WAVE OF SOLDIERS ONTO OKINAWA BEACH AND FAUGHT FROM APRIL 1 1945 TO JUNE 30 1945, WHERE THE ESTIMATED DEATH TOLL OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS WAS 250,000. SOME COMPANY'S TOOK 100% CASUALTIES. IT IS SAID THIS BATTLE AND THE CASUALTIES WAS WHY HARRY TRUEMAN DECIDED TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMBS. AFTER THE TAKING OF THE ISLAND THE 96TH (REDEYE) DIVISION WAS MOVED INTO CORPS RESERVE AT MINDORA PHILIPPINES.
1946 JAN 17, THE DIVISION LEFT FOR THE U.S. AND WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION.
1946 FEB. 8, FRED WAS HONORABLE DISCHARGED AT FORT LOGAN COLORADO WITH $302.50 MUSTERING OUT PAY FOR 2 YRS. 6 MONTHS, 16 DAYS OF SERVICE. DECORATIONS AND SITATIONS: AMERICAN SERVICE METAL, ASIATIC PACIFIC SERVICE METAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY METAL, GOOD CONDUCT METAL, MERITORIOUS SERVICE UNIT PLAQUE GO 520 96TH INF DIV 45.
REMARKS: LEPEL BUTTON ISSUED. ASR SCORE (SEPTEMBER 1945) - 47. INACTIVE SERVICE ERC 23 JUL 1943 TO 12 AUG 1943. CHOLERA 9 APRIL 1945, YELLOW FEVER 25 SEPTEMBER 1945.
1946 FRED SETTLED IN COOS BAY OREGON, WHERE HE WORKED FOR WAREHOUSER.
1954 FRED MET A WAITRESS AT THE "TOP HAT" RESTURANT NAMED EDNA WAGONER. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. FRED PROPOSED TO EDNA SPELLING OUT " WILL YOU MARRY ME ?" WITH FRENCHFRIES. FRED AND EDNA MARRIED IN 1954.
FRED WORKED FOR THE CITY OF COOS BAY FOR 16 YEARS, COLLECTING MONEY AND REPAIRED CITY PARKING METERS. DURING HIS LIFE FRED HAD HEART DISEASE WHICH REQUIRED A HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT.
1984 AUG 17, OBITUARY: " SERVICES FOR FREDRICK GRANT MATSON, 60, COOS BAY, WILL BE HELD AT 4:00 P.M. TODAY AT THE COOS BAY CHAPEL WITH HAROLD SINCLAIR OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK. MR. MATSON WAS BORN OCT 23, 1923 IN BLACK HAWK COLO. MR. MATSON WAS A U.S. MARINE VETERAN OF WORLD WAR l l. HE MOVED TO THE BAY ARE IN 1946 AND WORKED AS A METER TECHNICIAN FOR THE CITY OF COOS BAY FOR 16 YEARS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE EDNA IN OCTOBER 1979."
"SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, JEFFERY C. MATSON OF COOS BAY; A DAUGHTER, VONNITA ADAMS OF TROUTDALE, ORE.; BROTHERS JOSEPH C. MATSON OF COOS BAY, JOHN MATSON OF COOS BAY, PHILLIP MATSON OF CHICAGO ILL., LINOLD BEGG CENTRAL CITY COLO., AND DANIEL BEGG OF WICHITA, KANSAS; A SISTER, CATHERINE MONAHAN OF CENTRAL CITY; AND MOTHER, ELIZABETH BEGG OF CENTRAL CITY. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO ST. JOSEPH'S RESIDENCY, 333 N. MAPLE ST., COOS BAY OREGON."
(NOTE) DEADEYE DIVISION SHOULDER PATCH: A WHITE DIAMOND AND A BLUE DIAMOND WHICH OVERLAP, BOTH SUPERIMPOSED ON A HEXAGONIAL PATCH WITH KHAKI BACKGROUND.
1930-1938, FRED ATTEDNED GRADE SCHOOL AT BLACK HAWK COLO.
1942 MAY, GRADUATED FROM GILPIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, CENTRAL CITY COLO. WHERE HE PLAYED CENTER FOR THE GILPIN COUNTY EAGLES, BASKETBALL TEAM.
1943, 23, JULY, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. Name: Frederick G Matson. Birth Year: 1923. Race: White, citizen. Nativity State or Country: Gilpin, Colorado. Enlistment Date: 23 July 1943. Enlistment State: Colorado. Enlistment City: Denver. Branch: No branch assignment
Grade: Private. Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component. Selectees (Enlisted Men). Source: Civil Life. Education: 4 years of high school.
Civil Occupation: Skilled Quarryman or Miner, and minning-machine operator. Marital Status: Single, without dependents.
1943 AUGUST 13, FRED WAS INDUCTED AT FORT SILLS OKLAHOMA INTO THE 96TH (RAINBOW) INFANTRY DIVISION, "THE FIRST TO FIGHT." FRED TRANSFERED WITHIN TO THE "DEAD EYE " DIVISION OF THE 321 ENGINEERS COMPANY B., BECAUSE IT WAS PREPARING FOR THE PACIFIC AND THAT'S WHERE HIS BROTHER JODY WAS. GOOFEY WAS THE COMPANY'S MASCOT AND MARGURIE MAIN WAS THE COMPANY SWEETHEART. FRED QUALIFIED FOR LIGHT TRUCK DRIVER (345), EXPERT M1 RIFLE AND EXPERT LIGHT MACHINE GUN. HIS DIVISON WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 24TH CORPS UNDER GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND COMMANDED BY MAJOR GEN JAMES L. BRADLEY. HIS COMPANY LEFT FOR THE PACIFIC AUGUST 20, 1944 AND TRAINED IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FROM JULY TO SEPT 1944. AND ARRIVED IN THE PACIFIC SEPTEMBER 15, 1944.
1944 OCTOBER 20TH, FRED'S FIRST ASSULT WAS AT LEYTE GULF PHILIPPINES, WHERE CHALK RIDGE WAS TAKEN. 5 MONTHS WERE SPENT CAPTURING, MOPPING UP AND SECURING THE AREA AND ANOTHER 3 MONTHS PREPARING FOR THE ASSULT ON OKINAWA. THE DIVISION LEFT THE PHILIPPINES ON MARCH 27 1945 FOR OKINAWA.
1945 APRIL FIRST, EASTER SUNDAY, FRED WAS IN THE SECOND WAVE OF SOLDIERS ONTO OKINAWA BEACH AND FAUGHT FROM APRIL 1 1945 TO JUNE 30 1945, WHERE THE ESTIMATED DEATH TOLL OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS WAS 250,000. SOME COMPANY'S TOOK 100% CASUALTIES. IT IS SAID THIS BATTLE AND THE CASUALTIES WAS WHY HARRY TRUEMAN DECIDED TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMBS. AFTER THE TAKING OF THE ISLAND THE 96TH (REDEYE) DIVISION WAS MOVED INTO CORPS RESERVE AT MINDORA PHILIPPINES.
1946 JAN 17, THE DIVISION LEFT FOR THE U.S. AND WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION.
1946 FEB. 8, FRED WAS HONORABLE DISCHARGED AT FORT LOGAN COLORADO WITH $302.50 MUSTERING OUT PAY FOR 2 YRS. 6 MONTHS, 16 DAYS OF SERVICE. DECORATIONS AND SITATIONS: AMERICAN SERVICE METAL, ASIATIC PACIFIC SERVICE METAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY METAL, GOOD CONDUCT METAL, MERITORIOUS SERVICE UNIT PLAQUE GO 520 96TH INF DIV 45.
REMARKS: LEPEL BUTTON ISSUED. ASR SCORE (SEPTEMBER 1945) - 47. INACTIVE SERVICE ERC 23 JUL 1943 TO 12 AUG 1943. CHOLERA 9 APRIL 1945, YELLOW FEVER 25 SEPTEMBER 1945.
1946 FRED SETTLED IN COOS BAY OREGON, WHERE HE WORKED FOR WAREHOUSER.
1954 FRED MET A WAITRESS AT THE "TOP HAT" RESTURANT NAMED EDNA WAGONER. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. FRED PROPOSED TO EDNA SPELLING OUT " WILL YOU MARRY ME ?" WITH FRENCHFRIES. FRED AND EDNA MARRIED IN 1954.
FRED WORKED FOR THE CITY OF COOS BAY FOR 16 YEARS, COLLECTING MONEY AND REPAIRED CITY PARKING METERS. DURING HIS LIFE FRED HAD HEART DISEASE WHICH REQUIRED A HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT.
1984 AUG 17, OBITUARY: " SERVICES FOR FREDRICK GRANT MATSON, 60, COOS BAY, WILL BE HELD AT 4:00 P.M. TODAY AT THE COOS BAY CHAPEL WITH HAROLD SINCLAIR OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK. MR. MATSON WAS BORN OCT 23, 1923 IN BLACK HAWK COLO. MR. MATSON WAS A U.S. MARINE VETERAN OF WORLD WAR l l. HE MOVED TO THE BAY ARE IN 1946 AND WORKED AS A METER TECHNICIAN FOR THE CITY OF COOS BAY FOR 16 YEARS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE EDNA IN OCTOBER 1979."
"SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, JEFFERY C. MATSON OF COOS BAY; A DAUGHTER, VONNITA ADAMS OF TROUTDALE, ORE.; BROTHERS JOSEPH C. MATSON OF COOS BAY, JOHN MATSON OF COOS BAY, PHILLIP MATSON OF CHICAGO ILL., LINOLD BEGG CENTRAL CITY COLO., AND DANIEL BEGG OF WICHITA, KANSAS; A SISTER, CATHERINE MONAHAN OF CENTRAL CITY; AND MOTHER, ELIZABETH BEGG OF CENTRAL CITY. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO ST. JOSEPH'S RESIDENCY, 333 N. MAPLE ST., COOS BAY OREGON."
(NOTE) DEADEYE DIVISION SHOULDER PATCH: A WHITE DIAMOND AND A BLUE DIAMOND WHICH OVERLAP, BOTH SUPERIMPOSED ON A HEXAGONIAL PATCH WITH KHAKI BACKGROUND.
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