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Personal info

Full name
MATHIOT, Jay Cecil
Date of birth
25 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33500519
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
Near Merzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 12 9

Immediate family

Members
Ralph R. Mathiot Sr. (father)
Edith L. (Rettew) Mathiot (mother)
Shirley G. Mathiot (sister)
Ralph R. Mathiot Jr. (brother)
Marialyce Mathiot (sister)
Romaine M. (Lutz) Mathiot (wife)

More information

Pfc Jay C. Mathiot attended high school for two years and was employed at the Armstrong Cork Company before he enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 11 February 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Ralph R. Mathiot Jr., www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Quinn Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com– 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com – Ralph R. Mathiot III