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Personal info

Full name
MATTHIES, Wayne J
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Phillips County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37213374
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 43

Immediate family

Members
Jurgen H. Matthies (father)
Dora Matthies (mother)
Stanley Matthies (brother)
Betty Matthies (sister)
Bryce Matthies (brother)
Bernard Matthies (brother)
Lynn Matthies (brother)
Loyd Matthies (brother)
Floyd Matthies (brother)
Yvonne Matthies (sister)

More information

Pfc Wayne J. Matthies was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – A Grateful American, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

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