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Personal info

Full name
MATTIS, Le Roy Walter
Date of birth
3 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Spring City, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Royersford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33812873
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 21 15

Immediate family

Members
Luther Mattis (father)
Mary Mattis (mother)
Edward Mattis (brother)
Catherine K. Mattis (sister)
Ruth E. Mattis (sister)
Margaret M. Mattis (sister)
Marie T. Mattis (sister)
Robert H. Mattis (brother)
Margaret H. (Locke) Mattis (wife)
Lee Mattis (son)

More information

Pfc Le Roy W. Mattis graduated from Spring Valley High School and was employed at Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19 June 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Pennsylvania Veterans Compensation Application / 1920 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten