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Personal info

Full name
MATTEAZZI, Albert
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36321603
Rank
Private
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
B Company,
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
Mettendorg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Marco Matteazzi (father)
Esther (Vittarelli) Matteazzi (mother)
Palma Matteazzi (sister)
Giordano Matteazzi (brother)
Luigi Matteazzi (brother)
Ida Matteazzi (sister)
Gilda Matteazzi (sister)
Louisa Matteazzi (sister)
Stella Matteazzi (sister)
John Matteazzi (brother)

More information

Pvt Albert Matteazzi was employed as an apprentice bricklayer by the Burnside Construction Co. before he enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 25 February 1942.
His parents emigrated from Italy.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Family Tree, www.newspaperarchive.com – Chicago South End Reporter 18 October 1944, www.5ad.org

Photo source: Peter Schouteten