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Personal info

Full name
MATTESON, William Leroy
Date of birth
25 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37742227
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 34

Immediate family

Members
Carl C. Matteson (father)
Anna B. Matteson (mother)
Calvin C. Matteson (brother)

More information

Pvt William L. R. Matteson enlisted on 2 May 1944 at Ft Leavenworth, Kansas.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / June Thomazin