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Personal info

Full name
MATTSON, Ralph W
Date of birth
8 September 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Gloucester City, Camden County, New Jersey
Hometown
Commercial, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
20226656
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 29

Immediate family

Members
Abner A. Mattson (father)
Adeline W. (Ross) Mattson (mother)
Elsie Mattson (sister)
Edward G. Mattson (brother)
Raymond E. Mattson (brother)
Oscar T. Mattson (brother)
Catherine A. (Smith) Mattson (wife)
Robert E. Mattson (son)

More information

T/Sgt Ralph W. Mattson was a maintenance painter before he joined the National Guard in Bridgeton, New Jersey on 16 September 1940.

He was killed by a land mine.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Mattson Family Tree / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / New Jersey Birth Index,  www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy