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a WILLIAM RUSSELL MATIX, ET AL Overseas Assignments; Hawaii, April, 1970 - March, 1971 _Okinawa, April, 1971 - March, 1972 United States Army; august10, 1973 ~ August 9, 1976, Honorable Discharge, Rank: E-5 Sergeant. Assignments: (10lst Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky) Military Police, Squad Leader; Guard Supervisor for Post Stockade; Patrol Supervision while on Military Line Duty. - SYNOPSIS OF BACKGROUND: MATIX experienced a normal childhood, with the exception of laboring with a stuttering impediment. This ultimately required professional help to terminate. this treatment was acquired at the Walter Reed Army Hospital during his adult years while serving a second tour of enlistment. MATIX was an average high school student who did not participate in athletic events but did take an active role in The Future Farmers of America (FFA) program. He spent a great deal of time on the rural property of relatives and presented himself as a kind, quiet and considerate young man. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) on graduation and served an unblemished three years, attaining the position of Sergeant (E-5), and carrying out the duties of Bakery Foreman (MOS 3371 ~ Cook). Thirteen months after discharge from the USMC, MATIX : : . : — - +h _ enlisted in the United States Army, having spent this short interim period living with his parents in New Madison, Ohio, and working as a laborer for the Hobart Manufacturing Company of Troy, Ohio. After basic Airborne training, MATIX optioned for Military Police duty assignment, and served until his discharge as a platoon leader and patrol supervisor.- He was discharged with a record of citations to include Good Conduct, the Parachutist Badge and the National Defense Service Medal. It was while serving at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, that MATIX met, and served in the Military Police Unit with MICHAEL LEE PLATT. MATIX met his first wife, PATRICIA BUCKANICH while undergoing stuttering therapy at Walter Reed Army Hospital in 1975. They were married after his Amy discharge in 1976, and began a series of moves to include Takoma Park, Md., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Hyde Park, N.Y., Toledo, Oh., Columbus, Oh. and Delaware, Oh. From Delaware, Oh., they returned to Columbus, Oh., where they lived until his wife, "PATTY" was murdered on December 30, 1983. In the 34 years of marriage, MATIX attended Culinary School, Meat Cutting School and Aviation Mechanics Training. He also continued his association with the military structure by serving from November, 1981, to April, 1984, as Senior Assistant Investigator and Utility Helicopter Repairman in the Ohio National Guard. «MATIX did not stay with one employer, cS a Wn) aN