Peyton S. Mathis Jr.

World War II
Service #0-421274
Unit44th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group
RankMajor U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Alabama
Date of DeathJune 5 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
44th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Silver Star
Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Notes
Major Mathis's remains have been recovered and identified in 2014. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.