ROBERT L. MATTES
Pvt. Smith (sic) Is Killed In Action
A telegram from the war department was received Sunday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mattes, Kiel, informing them that their son, Pvt. Robert L. Smith Mattes, a paratrooper, had been killed in action Sept. 18 in Holland. Pvt. Mattes’ death is the 67th war casualty among Manitowoc county servicemen in this war.
Pvt. Mattes was inducted into service Nov. 18, 1943, and received training at Fort Sheridan, Ill.; Camp Wolters, Texas; and Fort Benning, Ga. Following a furlough he
left for overseas in July of this year.
The soldier was born in Kiel August 22, 1925, attending the Kiel graded schools and was graduated from the high school with the 1943 class. He received his Christian
education at St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed church, Kiel, and was confirmed in 1939. He was a member of the young peoples’ organization and the Bible class of
the church.
Surviving the deceased are his parents, two brothers, Captain Winston Smith Mattes, in New Guinea; Milton Mattes, Walnut, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Irvin Wilson, Madison; and Mrs. Leonard Kraft, Manitowoc.
At 2:15 o’clock next Sunday afternoon memorial services will be conducted at the church to which he belonged by the Rev. E. L. Worthman.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 9, 1944 P. 5
ROBERT L. MATTES
Pvt. Smith (sic) Is Killed In Action
A telegram from the war department was received Sunday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Mattes, Kiel, informing them that their son, Pvt. Robert L. Smith Mattes, a paratrooper, had been killed in action Sept. 18 in Holland. Pvt. Mattes’ death is the 67th war casualty among Manitowoc county servicemen in this war.
Pvt. Mattes was inducted into service Nov. 18, 1943, and received training at Fort Sheridan, Ill.; Camp Wolters, Texas; and Fort Benning, Ga. Following a furlough he
left for overseas in July of this year.
The soldier was born in Kiel August 22, 1925, attending the Kiel graded schools and was graduated from the high school with the 1943 class. He received his Christian
education at St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed church, Kiel, and was confirmed in 1939. He was a member of the young peoples’ organization and the Bible class of
the church.
Surviving the deceased are his parents, two brothers, Captain Winston Smith Mattes, in New Guinea; Milton Mattes, Walnut, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Irvin Wilson, Madison; and Mrs. Leonard Kraft, Manitowoc.
At 2:15 o’clock next Sunday afternoon memorial services will be conducted at the church to which he belonged by the Rev. E. L. Worthman.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 9, 1944 P. 5
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