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Personal info

Full name
MATURE, Louis E
Date of birth
25 October 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35488223
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 3 42

Immediate family

Members
Catherine Mature (mother)
Clara I. Mature (sister)
Anna Mature (sister)
Julia Mature (sister)

More information

Pvt Louis E. Mature graduated from St. Xavier High School.

he was attending

He enlisted in August 1942 and attended Ohio State University under the Army specialized training program. When this program was disbanded, he was transferred to the infantry.

He was overseas for two months when he was killed in action.

Pvt Mature was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Kentucky Birth Index, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal

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