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Personal info

Full name
MATUSZEWSKI, Jerome
Date of birth
21 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Rogers City, Presque Isle County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36882777
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Machine Gunner
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Aachener Wald, Southwest of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 6 39

Immediate family

Members
Vincent Matuszewski (father)
Frances A. (Buza) Matuszewski (mother)
Donald J. Matuszewski (brother)
Eugene J. Matuszewski (brother)
Joseph P. Matuszewski (brother)
Rita Matuszewski (sister)

More information

Pfc Jerome Matuszewski graduated from the Rogers City High School in 1942. He entered the service on 14 October 1943.

He is remembered at the Saint Dominic Cemetery in New Metz, Presque Isle County, Michigan.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - BillConley160, Presque Isle County Library - Mike Grulke; Rogers City High School 1942