Matocha Info

Home at Last September 23, 2004 - Quala Matocha

Home at last. After missing in action in South Vietnam since April 5, 1968, the remains of U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Donald John Matocha finally came home to his family and friends in the small Southeast Texas town of Smithville. ...

"Semper fidelis" - the Marine Corps motto - means "Always Faithful" and that warm Saturday morning, the Department of Defense and the Corps held true to that promise as Matocha came home, 36 years after his final fight....

"A saga that started on a mountain top in the Republic of Vietnam comes to a conclusion,... It ends here in this small Texas farming community that Donald called home. After more then 36 years the last member of team "Dallas Girl", Lt. Donald J. Matocha is home from service to his country, returning to family and friends,"