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Matz, Gordon E.

Date of birth:
May 10th, 1924 (Greenfield/Wisconsin, United States)
Service number:
36 298 368
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Promotions:
?: Staff Sergeant.

Career:
January 16th, 1943: Induction;
January 23rd, 1943: Entering Service, Fort Sheridan, Illinois;
?: Platoon Sergeant, Battery B, 391st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion;
March 10th, 1944 - December 27th, 1945: Service in Europe;
June - December 1945: Prisonguard Montdorf, Luxembourg / Nuremberg Germany;
January 8th, 1946: Discharge Separation Center Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded with four bronze campaign stars for "NORMANDY", "NORTHERN FRANCE", "RHINELAND" and "GROUND COMBAT".
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
With hanger "RIFLE", "CARBINE".
Sharpshooter Badge

Sources

  • - Enlisted Record and Report of Separation, Honorable Discharge Form

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