New Castle, PA
USMC
Entered Service: Jan 1940
Killed in Action: Solomon Islands
Awarded Navy Cross for Valor:
Awarded posthumously for actions during the World War II
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Crescenzo P. DeMatteis (MCSN: 279635), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving with the FIRST Parachute Battalion, FIRST Marine Division, during the assault on enemy Japanese forces at Gavutu, Solomon Islands, on 7 August 1942. When his platoon was pinned down by fire from a hostile dugout, Corporal DeMatteis, with utter disregard for the extreme danger involved, stealthily circled the entrenchment and killed on of the enemy. Having obtained an advantageous position, he displayed outstanding accuracy and courage in destroying the dugout with hand grenades and his rifle. By his daring aggressiveness and unflinching devotion to duty in the face of almost certain death, he single-handedly attacked and eliminated a perilous obstruction to his platoon's advance and thereby enabled his comrades to continue toward the objectives. Corporal DeMatteis' unconquerable fighting spirit was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
General Orders: SPOT AWARD, Commander, South Pacific: Serial 1113 (SofN Signed December 4, 1943)
Action Date: 7-Aug-42
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Corporal
Battalion: 1st Parachute Battalion
Division: 1st Marine Division
THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1948, PAGE THIRTY
DEMATTEIS FUNERAL SET FOR 8:30 A.M. THURSDAY New Castle, Pa., June 2--Funeral services for Cpl. Crescenzo (Chris) P.
DeMatteis, New Castle's first marine hero to die in World War II, will be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Vitus church. Corporal DeMatteis won the Navy Cross posthumously for single handedly destroying a Japanese snipers' nest which had trapped his platoon in the Solomon Islands.
USMC
Entered Service: Jan 1940
Killed in Action: Solomon Islands
Awarded Navy Cross for Valor:
Awarded posthumously for actions during the World War II
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Crescenzo P. DeMatteis (MCSN: 279635), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving with the FIRST Parachute Battalion, FIRST Marine Division, during the assault on enemy Japanese forces at Gavutu, Solomon Islands, on 7 August 1942. When his platoon was pinned down by fire from a hostile dugout, Corporal DeMatteis, with utter disregard for the extreme danger involved, stealthily circled the entrenchment and killed on of the enemy. Having obtained an advantageous position, he displayed outstanding accuracy and courage in destroying the dugout with hand grenades and his rifle. By his daring aggressiveness and unflinching devotion to duty in the face of almost certain death, he single-handedly attacked and eliminated a perilous obstruction to his platoon's advance and thereby enabled his comrades to continue toward the objectives. Corporal DeMatteis' unconquerable fighting spirit was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
General Orders: SPOT AWARD, Commander, South Pacific: Serial 1113 (SofN Signed December 4, 1943)
Action Date: 7-Aug-42
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Corporal
Battalion: 1st Parachute Battalion
Division: 1st Marine Division
THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1948, PAGE THIRTY
DEMATTEIS FUNERAL SET FOR 8:30 A.M. THURSDAY New Castle, Pa., June 2--Funeral services for Cpl. Crescenzo (Chris) P.
DeMatteis, New Castle's first marine hero to die in World War II, will be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Vitus church. Corporal DeMatteis won the Navy Cross posthumously for single handedly destroying a Japanese snipers' nest which had trapped his platoon in the Solomon Islands.
New Castle, PA
USMC
Entered Service: Jan 1940
Killed in Action: Solomon Islands
Awarded Navy Cross for Valor:
Awarded posthumously for actions during the World War II
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Crescenzo P. DeMatteis (MCSN: 279635), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving with the FIRST Parachute Battalion, FIRST Marine Division, during the assault on enemy Japanese forces at Gavutu, Solomon Islands, on 7 August 1942. When his platoon was pinned down by fire from a hostile dugout, Corporal DeMatteis, with utter disregard for the extreme danger involved, stealthily circled the entrenchment and killed on of the enemy. Having obtained an advantageous position, he displayed outstanding accuracy and courage in destroying the dugout with hand grenades and his rifle. By his daring aggressiveness and unflinching devotion to duty in the face of almost certain death, he single-handedly attacked and eliminated a perilous obstruction to his platoon's advance and thereby enabled his comrades to continue toward the objectives. Corporal DeMatteis' unconquerable fighting spirit was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
General Orders: SPOT AWARD, Commander, South Pacific: Serial 1113 (SofN Signed December 4, 1943)
Action Date: 7-Aug-42
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Corporal
Battalion: 1st Parachute Battalion
Division: 1st Marine Division
THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1948, PAGE THIRTY
DEMATTEIS FUNERAL SET FOR 8:30 A.M. THURSDAY New Castle, Pa., June 2--Funeral services for Cpl. Crescenzo (Chris) P.
DeMatteis, New Castle's first marine hero to die in World War II, will be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Vitus church. Corporal DeMatteis won the Navy Cross posthumously for single handedly destroying a Japanese snipers' nest which had trapped his platoon in the Solomon Islands.
USMC
Entered Service: Jan 1940
Killed in Action: Solomon Islands
Awarded Navy Cross for Valor:
Awarded posthumously for actions during the World War II
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Crescenzo P. DeMatteis (MCSN: 279635), United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving with the FIRST Parachute Battalion, FIRST Marine Division, during the assault on enemy Japanese forces at Gavutu, Solomon Islands, on 7 August 1942. When his platoon was pinned down by fire from a hostile dugout, Corporal DeMatteis, with utter disregard for the extreme danger involved, stealthily circled the entrenchment and killed on of the enemy. Having obtained an advantageous position, he displayed outstanding accuracy and courage in destroying the dugout with hand grenades and his rifle. By his daring aggressiveness and unflinching devotion to duty in the face of almost certain death, he single-handedly attacked and eliminated a perilous obstruction to his platoon's advance and thereby enabled his comrades to continue toward the objectives. Corporal DeMatteis' unconquerable fighting spirit was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
General Orders: SPOT AWARD, Commander, South Pacific: Serial 1113 (SofN Signed December 4, 1943)
Action Date: 7-Aug-42
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Corporal
Battalion: 1st Parachute Battalion
Division: 1st Marine Division
THE YOUNGSTOWN VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1948, PAGE THIRTY
DEMATTEIS FUNERAL SET FOR 8:30 A.M. THURSDAY New Castle, Pa., June 2--Funeral services for Cpl. Crescenzo (Chris) P.
DeMatteis, New Castle's first marine hero to die in World War II, will be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Vitus church. Corporal DeMatteis won the Navy Cross posthumously for single handedly destroying a Japanese snipers' nest which had trapped his platoon in the Solomon Islands.
