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Personal info

Full name
MATTINGLY, Sylvester Austin "Beck"
Date of birth
12 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Daviess County, Kentucky
Hometown
Knottsville, Daviess County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35101283
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Michel-sur-Meurthe – Denipaire, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 46 18

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Mattingly (father)
Regina B. (Bowlds) Mattingly (mother)
Anna L. Mattingly (sister)
Clement E. Mattingly (brother)
James C. Mattingly (brother)
Leah A. Mattingly (half-sister)
Mary H. Mattingly (half-sister)
William H. Mattingly (half-brother)
Joseph C. Head (half-brother)
Pauline Mattingly (half-sister)
Casper L. Mattingly (half-brother)
Mary H. Mattingly (half-sister)
Francis C. Mattingly (half-sister)
Mary C. Mattingly (half-sister)
Nannie M. Mattingly (half-sister)
Joseph E. Mattingly (half-brother)
Eugene Mattingly (half-brother)

More information

S/Sgt Sylvester A. Mattingly attended high school for four years and was employed by the Glenmore Distillery before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 28 February 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Ralph P