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Personal info

Full name
MATTINGLY, Jerome Ignatius
Date of birth
11 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Paris, Edgar County, Illinois
Hometown
Peoria County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36903919
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Palenberg, 1 mile northwest of Ubach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 5 50

Immediate family

Members
Raymond A. Mattingly (father)
Mabel H. (Curl) Mattingly (mother)
Raymond S. Mattingly (brother)
Ruth C. Mattingly (sister)
Rose M. Mattingly (sister)
Rita C. Mattingly (sister)
Francis E. Mattingly (brother)
Robert J. Mattingly (brother)
Florence L. Mattingly (sister)
Willis A. Mattingly (brother)
Mary F. Mattingly (sister)
Columba K. (Wiltz) Mattingly (wife)

More information

Pvt Jerome Mattingly graduatied from Redmon High School and worked for the Edgar County Supply Company and later at the Caterpillar plant in Peoria before enlisted in February 1944. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Charlotte's Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Charlotte's Family Tree