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Personal info

Full name
VER DOES, Matthew John
Date of birth
16 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Chandler, Murray County, Minnesota
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36609822
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 61

Immediate family

Members
John Ver Does (father)
Angelina D. (Sankey) Ver Does (mother)
John Ver Does Jr. (brother)
Angelina Ver Does (sister)
Adrianna Ver Does (sister)
Margaret (Wyma) Ver Does (wife)

More information

T/5 Matthew J. Ver Does enlisted on 19 October 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Verdoes Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960, https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2016/08/11/blood-for-time-9th-armored-at-bastogne-and-the-battle-of-the-bulge/, www.newspapers.com - Southtown Economist - 25 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight “Andy” Anderson