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Notes for Otis Clinton "Matt" DILLON
[Samuel RaleyPublic.FTW]

[RaleysPubTest.FBK.FTW]

[GWRaley.FTW]

Otis is known to his family as "Sam" - also has been called "Sarge", as well as "Matt".
He lied about his age and enlisted in the Army during WWII (17 yrs old) and served in the Phi llipines.
He was written up in the Army Times on two different occasions. The first was on his promoti on to First Sargeant on a boat returning from a tour in Iceland. (He received his Sargeant M ajor warrant in a hospital bed at Fort Hood, TX!) The Times also wrote up his last reenlistm ent which happened to be with the same unit, 25th Infantry Division, as his first reenlistmen t.
He was known to be tough, but fair--the typical "Old Soldier" type. While stationed in Hiwai i in the mid 1960's he was considered for the position of the first Sargeant Major of the Arm y.
After retiring from the Army he was a salesman and staff manager for National Life and Accide nt Insurance Company, retiring medically from there.
"Matt" died as a result of small cell lung cancer (Agent Orange) and resulting strokes.
His family is considered to be one of the oldest and best families of the Old Dominion - an d also a First Family of West Virginia. His grandfather William Anderson Dillon served in th e Civil War, and his family has been traced back to 1655. It is known that they immigrated f rom Ireland - but actual records have not been found yet.
Otis is known to his family as "Sam" - also has been called "Sarge", as well as "Matt".
He lied about his age and enlisted in the Army during WWII (17 yrs old) and served in the Phi llipines.
He was written up in the Army Times on two different occasions. The first was on his promoti on to First Sargeant on a boat returning from a tour in Iceland. (He received his Sargeant M ajor warrant in a hospital bed at Fort Hood, TX!) The Times also wrote up his last reenlistm ent which happened to be with the same unit, 25th Infantry Division, as his first reenlistmen t.
He was known to be tough, but fair--the typical "Old Soldier" type. While stationed in Hiwai i in the mid 1960's he was considered for the position of the first Sargeant Major of the Arm y.
After retiring from the Army he was a salesman and staff manager for National Life and Accide nt Insurance Company, retiring medically from there.
"Matt" died as a result of small cell lung cancer (Agent Orange) and resulting strokes.
His family is considered to be one of the oldest and best families of the Old Dominion - an d also a First Family of West Virginia. His grandfather William Anderson Dillon served in th e Civil War, and his family has been traced back to 1655. It is known that they immigrated f rom Ireland - but actual records have not been found yet.
[GWRaley.FTW]

Otis is known to his family as "Sam" - also has been called "Sarge", as well as "Matt".
He lied about his age and enlisted in the Army during WWII (17 yrs old) and served in the Phi llipines.
He was written up in the Army Times on two different occasions. The first was on his promoti on to First Sargeant on a boat returning from a tour in Iceland. (He received his Sargeant M ajor warrant in a hospital bed at Fort Hood, TX!) The Times also wrote up his last reenlistm ent which happened to be with the same unit, 25th Infantry Division, as his first reenlistmen t.
He was known to be tough, but fair--the typical "Old Soldier" type. While stationed in Hiwai i in the mid 1960's he was considered for the position of the first Sargeant Major of the Arm y.
After retiring from the Army he was a salesman and staff manager for National Life and Accide nt Insurance Company, retiring medically from there.
"Matt" died as a result of small cell lung cancer (Agent Orange) and resulting strokes.
His family is considered to be one of the oldest and best families of the Old Dominion - an d also a First Family of West Virginia. His grandfather William Anderson Dillon served in th e Civil War, and his family has been traced back to 1655. It is known that they immigrated f rom Ireland - but actual records have not been found yet.
[RaleysPubTest.FBK.FTW]

[GWRaley.FTW]

Otis is known to his family as "Sam" - also has been called "Sarge", as well as "Matt".
He lied about his age and enlisted in the Army during WWII (17 yrs old) and served in the Phi llipines.
He was written up in the Army Times on two different occasions. The first was on his promoti on to First Sargeant on a boat returning from a tour in Iceland. (He received his Sargeant M ajor warrant in a hospital bed at Fort Hood, TX!) The Times also wrote up his last reenlistm ent which happened to be with the same unit, 25th Infantry Division, as his first reenlistmen t.
He was known to be tough, but fair--the typical "Old Soldier" type. While stationed in Hiwai i in the mid 1960's he was considered for the position of the first Sargeant Major of the Arm y.
After retiring from the Army he was a salesman and staff manager for National Life and Accide nt Insurance Company, retiring medically from there.
"Matt" died as a result of small cell lung cancer (Agent Orange) and resulting strokes.
His family is considered to be one of the oldest and best families of the Old Dominion - an d also a First Family of West Virginia. His grandfather William Anderson Dillon served in th e Civil War, and his family has been traced back to 1655. It is known that they immigrated f rom Ireland - but actual records have not been found yet.
Otis is known to his family as "Sam" - also has been called "Sarge", as well as "Matt".
He lied about his age and enlisted in the Army during WWII (17 yrs old) and served in the Phi llipines.
He was written up in the Army Times on two different occasions. The first was on his promoti on to First Sargeant on a boat returning from a tour in Iceland. (He received his Sargeant M ajor warrant in a hospital bed at Fort Hood, TX!) The Times also wrote up his last reenlistm ent which happened to be with the same unit, 25th Infantry Division, as his first reenlistmen t.
He was known to be tough, but fair--the typical "Old Soldier" type. While stationed in Hiwai i in the mid 1960's he was considered for the position of the first Sargeant Major of the Arm y.
After retiring from the Army he was a salesman and staff manager for National Life and Accide nt Insurance Company, retiring medically from there.
"Matt" died as a result of small cell lung cancer (Agent Orange) and resulting strokes.
His family is considered to be one of the oldest and best families of the Old Dominion - an d also a First Family of West Virginia. His grandfather William Anderson Dillon served in th e Civil War, and his family has been traced back to 1655. It is known that they immigrated f rom Ireland - but actual records have not been found yet.
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