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Personal info

Full name
MATHIS, Harry Clayton "Bill"
Date of birth
20 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Salem County, New Jersey
Hometown
Salem County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
20226295
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Near Groesbeek, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 2 7

Immediate family

Members
Harry Mathis (father)
Mary Mathis (mother)
Virginia Mathis (sister)

More information

Pvt Harry C. Mathis graduated from Salem High School and was employed by Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation in Salem.

He joined the National Guard in Salem, New Jersey on 16 September 1940.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, WWII Memorial, Market Garden, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Courier, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Salem (New Jersey) High School yearbook, 1938