Military Police Officer Gregory Lee Mathews
United States Army Military Police Corps
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, January 23, 1974

Biographical Info
Age: 24
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Wednesday, January 23, 1974
Incident Location: Virginia
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available

MP Gregory Mathews was struck and killed by a Federal Bureau of Prisons vehicle while assisting prison officials search for two escaped convicts. The prisoners had escaped from the Petersburg Federal Correctional Complex, which adjoins Ft. Lee, Virginia.

One of the suspects had been apprehended and was being returned to the prison. MP Mathews and a second MP were completing a perimeter check of the installation's ammunition dump on Reformatory Road when he was struck by the vehicle. The other MP was pushed out of the path of the vehicle by MP Mathews. MP Mathews was transported to the Medical College of Virginia Hospital, in Richmond, where he succumbed to his injuries.

MP Mathews was survived by his wife.