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        1. 1st Lt Donald D Pucket.
        2. MOH awarded April 19, Sgt. Archibald Mathies.
        3. Mathies -- Ssgt Archibald Mathies.
        4. In September , Sgt Archibald 'Archie' Mathies left Peyote, Texas, on a troop train and met Sgts Carl Moore, Thomas Sowell and Russell.
        5. Michael graduated from the Air University at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama, in April He was next assigned to the th Air Transport Squadron.

          6. Mathies -- Ssgt Archibald Mathies....

          Archibald Mathies

          Archibald Mathies

          Born(1918-06-03)June 3, 1918
          Stonehouse, Scotland, UK
          DiedFebruary 20, 1944(1944-02-20) (aged 25)
          Polebrook, England, UK
          Place of burial

          Finleyville Cemetery, Finleyville, Pennsylvania, U.S.

          AllegianceUnited States of America
          Service / branchUnited States Army Air Forces
          Years of service1940 – 1944
          RankStaff Sergeant
          Unit510th Bombardment Squadron, 351st Bombardment Group
          Battles / warsWorld War II
          AwardsMedal of Honor
          Purple Heart
          Air Medal

          Archibald Mathies (June 3, 1918 – February 20, 1944) posthumously received the Medal of Honor as an enlisted member of the U.S.

          Army Air Forces during World War II.

          Biography

          Childhood

          Born Archibald Collins Hamilton, June 3, 1918, in Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, he emigrated with his mother and step-father to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States.

          Military career

          Archibald Mathies enlisted in the Re