Robert Lester Mathews

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Robert Lester Mathews

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kansas City, Platte, Missouri, United States
Death: June 11, 1944 (26)
Carentan, Saint-Lô, Manche, Lower Normandy, France (Battle of Carentan (WWII))
Place of Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Leigh Mathews and Atlanta Miriam Fuhrman
Brother of Gladys E Brooks

Occupation: 2nd Lt. (US Army), Paratrooper
Managed by: Alex Moes
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About Robert Lester Mathews

Robert Mathews was born on April 15, 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri. His parents were Thomas Mathews and Atlanta Mathews (Ritter). He was a 2nd Lt. (US Army) and paratrooper.

He died on June 11, 1944 in Carentan, France during the Battle of Carentan (WWII) he is buried in Topeka, Kansas.


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Robert Lester Mathews's Timeline

1918
April 15, 1918
Kansas City, Platte, Missouri, United States
1944
June 11, 1944
Age 26
Carentan, Saint-Lô, Manche, Lower Normandy, France
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Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA