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Article: Brigadier General William A. Matheny.(United States Air Force)(Biography)
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- U.S. Air Force Military Biographies
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- January 1, 2004
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BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM A. MATHENY
Died Aug. 8, 1973.
Brigadier General William Albert Matheny, a native of Carrington, N.D., entered the Army Air Corps as a flying cadet in February 1928, two years after his graduation from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., with a degree in electrical engineering.
He was awarded the William H. Cheney award in 1929 following his graduation from pilot training and commissioning as a second lieutenant in the Air Corps. The Cheney Award is presented by the chief of staff annually for an act of valor, extreme fortitude or self-sacrifice and humanitarian interest, performed during the preceding year in ...
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