Monday, September 20, 2021

Private First Class Lesley L. Matheson, U.S. Army

That's a portraiture of my Great [Maternal] Uncle, Pvt. 1st Class Lesley L. Matheson, U.S. Army, 50th Engineer Combat Battalion, which hangs prominently on my home office wall. He was killed by the Imperial Japanese Army in battle on October 25, 1944 while fighting in the Pacific theatre in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which was the first time the Japanese pilots used kamikazi tactics. Uncle Lesley's Service Number is 34500566. He was buried at sea.
His ghostly image.