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Personal info

Full name
MATTESON, Charles F
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Genesee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O1018113
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zweifall, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 15

Immediate family

Members
Jessie A. Matteson (father)
Helen M. Matteson (mother)

More information

1st Lt Charles F. Matteson was WIA on 3 December 1944 and died of his wounds on 5 December 1944.

In 1930 he worked in the candy shop of his father in Willits, Mendocino County, California.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, http://www.tankdestroyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs/803rd_TD_Dec_1-31_44_AAR.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet