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Personal info

Full name
MATHIS, Vester Earl
Date of birth
2 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Hopewell, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33841819
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Differten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 7 10

Immediate family

Members
Raymond L. Mathis (father)
Ida O. (Thompson) Mathis (mother)
Mamie Mathis (sister)
Marvin L. Mathis (brother)
Raymond L. Mathis (brother)
Samuel L. Mathis (brother)
Aubrey Mathis (sister)
Helen Mathis (sister)

More information

Pvt Vester E. Mathis enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 23 February 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / Tadlock Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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