Matthew Alexander

Age: 20

Summary: student at Wake Forest University in Winstom-Salem, South Carolina who was among one of 230 passengers and crew members reported missing and feared dead in the fiery crash of TWA Flight 800 when the ill-fated Boeing 747 jumbo jet mysteriously exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Long Island, New York shortly after takeoff from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport while he was traveling to Dijon, France to study aboard.

Cause of Death: Killed TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

Born: August 22, 1975

Died: July 17, 1996

Location: East Moriches, New York