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Personal info

Full name
MATHENY, Virgil Leo
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Toddville, Linn County, Iowa
Hometown
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37695371
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bouxwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 12 57

Immediate family

Members
Joseph L. Matheny (father)
Abbie I. (Schminkey) Matheny (mother)
Kenneth Matheny (brother)
Harry R. Matheny (brother)
Velma L. Matheny (sister)
John T. Matheny (brother)
Dortha E. Matheny (sister)
Melvin L. Matheny (brother)
Donald I. Matheny (brother)
Jean M. Matheny (sister)
Hazel F. Matheny (sister)
Charles L. Matheny (brother)
Kathryn A. Matheny (sister)
Oscar E. Matheny (brother)
Marjorie E. Matheny (sister)
Bernice E. (Andrews) Matheny (wife)

More information

Pvt Virgil L. Matheny enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 15 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Iowa Marriage Records, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Cedar Rapids Gazette
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy