- SURNAME
Gordon
- FORENAME
Mathew Martin, Jr
- UNIT
2 AC Group (1 Fighter Squadron)
- RANK
Major
- NUMBER
0-432260
- DATE OF DEATH
10th August 1945
- AGE
26
- GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii Plot M Row 0 Grave 142
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
born 21.4.1919 Denver, Colorado
son of Matthew Michael and Frances M. Gordon
resided 839 Belmont Avenue, Pueblo Pueblo, Colorado
qualified as pilot 12.12.1941 (2Lt)
75 Fighter Squadron (23 Fighter Group) 1943 (1Lt - Cap)
23 Fighter Group November 1943
CBI Fighter OTU (Flight Instructor)
1 Fighter Squadron(2 AC Group) 6.5.1944 (Major)
awards Silver Star, D.F.C., Bronze Star, Air Medal
killed in air accident 3 miles north of airfield, Kalaikunda, India
Mathew proposed marriage to Elizabeth Ann Short (1924-47) before he was killed and was apparently accepted
Elizabeth was murdered in the Black Dahlia case in 1947
DATE OF DEATH:
10-Aug-1945AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/gordon-mathew-m.29153/CITATION:
Silver Star : Major (Air Corps) Mathew Michael Gordon, Jr. (ASN: 0-432260), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for gallantry in action against the enemy as a Fighter Pilot of the 1st Fighter Squadron, 2d Air Commando Group, 10th Air Force, in action against the enemy in aerial combat in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations during World War II. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army Air Forces.
WEB LINKS:
• https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/47250FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80759854/mathew-martin-gordon
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