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Personal info

Full name
MATULA, Joseph Stanley
Date of birth
8 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32158425
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
Herrlisheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 35 14

Immediate family

Members
John G. Matula (father)
Josephine Matula (mother)
Theodore Matula (brother)
Helen Matula (sister)
Frank J. Matula (brother)
Bertha Matula (sister)

More information

Pfc Joseph S. Matula was a kitchen worker at the Billie Burke restaurant on West Broadway before he enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 26 August 1941.

His brother Frank is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux / Patti Johnson – The News Paterson - 30 November 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam