Lester A. Mattern

MATTERN, Lester Alvin Servicenumber: 37598321 Age: 31 Born: 21 March 1914, Rockford, Renville County, North Dakota Hometown: Burke County, North Dakota Family: Edward W. Mattern (father) Edith F. (Atwater) Mattern (mother) Harry W. Mattern (brother) Johanna M. Mattern (sister) Fredrick A. Mattern (brother) Julia F. Mattern (sister) Edwin C. Mattern (brother) Bert O. Mattern (brother) Marvin R. Mattern (brother) Alfred F. Mattern (brother) Mabel C. Mattern (sister) Melvin C. Mattern (brother) Minnie Mattern (sister) Inez Z. (Thompson) Mattern (wife) Leif A. Mattern (son) Clarice Mattern (daughter) Curtis J. Mattern (son) Rank: Private Function: Not available Regiment: 290th Infantry Regiment Battalion: 3rd Battalion Division €“ Transport: 75th Infantry Division Company €“ Squadron: L Company Unit €“ Group: - Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) - Date of death: 6 April 1945 Status: KIA Place of death: Ickern, Recklinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Spot: Not available Awards: Purple Heart Gravenumber: Plot E, Row 17, Grave 19 Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten Biography: - Other information: Pvt Lester A. Mattern enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 3 July 1944. He worked on a farm before he enlisted. Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.ancestry.com/, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1920/1940 Census / Mattern Family Tree Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Matternhell