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Full Name: Fred Clair Mathews
Spouse: Carma Arlene Goodrich Mathews
Children: Fred Scott Mathews, Linda Arlene Mathews Ames, Dell G. Mathews (deceased), Denise Mathews Christensen, Kelly C. Mathews, Gary Lee Mathews, Rose Ellen Mathews Zeeman
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy; (He signed up for three years at the Navy Recruiting station in Salt Lake City, and then the Navy extended it for another year.)
Time Served: Received 11 weeks recruit training at San Diego, California
Awards or Medals: Korean Ribbon (3 Stars) Navy Occupation
Where Served: Korean Warfare (The vessel he served on was the USS Valley Forge CV45)
Deceased: Yes, May 11, 1996, Mt. Emmons, Utah
Drafted or Volunteer: Volunteered
Spouse: Carma Arlene Goodrich Mathews
Children: Fred Scott Mathews, Linda Arlene Mathews Ames, Dell G. Mathews (deceased), Denise Mathews Christensen, Kelly C. Mathews, Gary Lee Mathews, Rose Ellen Mathews Zeeman
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy; (He signed up for three years at the Navy Recruiting station in Salt Lake City, and then the Navy extended it for another year.)
Time Served: Received 11 weeks recruit training at San Diego, California
Awards or Medals: Korean Ribbon (3 Stars) Navy Occupation
Where Served: Korean Warfare (The vessel he served on was the USS Valley Forge CV45)
Deceased: Yes, May 11, 1996, Mt. Emmons, Utah
Drafted or Volunteer: Volunteered
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Fred served his term at boot camp and then got his first twelve days of leave and didn’t have another leave again until he had been in the Navy for three years. In one year’s time he made three trips through the Panama Canal, from the east coast to the west coast. He traveled on the average of close to 300,000 miles while in the Navy.
Newspaper clipping: A trip home in 1951 for Fred C. Mathews, Machinist’s mate, third class USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude a. Mathews and his ship the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge, returned to the United States for overhaul the December before, but was ordered back to the Far East when the Chinese Communists entered the Korean Conflict. The Valley Forge had been in the Far East for nine months and was the first carrier to launch her planes against the invading North Koreans.
Newspaper clipping: A trip home in 1951 for Fred C. Mathews, Machinist’s mate, third class USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude a. Mathews and his ship the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge, returned to the United States for overhaul the December before, but was ordered back to the Far East when the Chinese Communists entered the Korean Conflict. The Valley Forge had been in the Far East for nine months and was the first carrier to launch her planes against the invading North Koreans.