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Personal info

Full name
MATTOX, Harold E
Date of birth
20 October 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
San Bernardino County, California

Military service

Service number
39721866
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
22nd Tank Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Oberhof, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 5 24

Immediate family

Members
Eugene J. Mattox (father)
Marie (Radloff) Mattox (mother)
Eugene G. Mattox (brother)
Helen M. Mattox (sister)
Marie C. Mattox (sister)
Esther M. E. Mattox (sister)

More information

Pfc Harold E. Mattox attended high school for two years.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 28 December 1943.

Pfc Mattox was serving five years to life in San Quentin State Prison for a robbery, entering the prison on 10 February 1942 at the time he was called to serve in the army.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.11tharmoreddivision.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Correctional Division of California