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MATTHIESSEN, Richard Orloff - Date of
birth
25 October 1924 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Camden, Camden County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Levvittown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
unknown -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
unknown
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 October 1944 - Place of
death
Near Oudler, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
William C. Matthiessen (father)
Marina Matthiessen (mother)
Frances E. (Leidy) Matthiessen (stepmother)
William Matthiessen (brother)
More information
Sgt Richard O. Matthiessen graduated from South Philadelphia High School in 1942.The remains of Sgt Matthiessen were recovered in 1960 by German workers laying a pipeline near the Belgian border. Until that time, he had been listed as missing in action after taking part in an assault on a German pillbox near Oudler, Belgium in October 1944.
His identification tag was found in the shallow grave near a dynamite bunker. Army officials investigated and found dental work and the shoe size matched Matthiessen´s army records.
Sgt Matthiessen was buried in 1961 with military honors in the National Cemetery, Beverly, New Jersey.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: FOHF, www.findagrave.com, South Philadelphia High School 1942