WWII
Jasper Alton "Jake" Mathis
Rate / Rank
Corporal
Birthdate
May 29 1919
Date of Death
March 10 1945
Branch
US Army
Active Duty Service
September 17 1940 - March 10 1945
Significant Duty Stations
- Inducted; Thomasville, Georgia on September 9, 1940. US Army serial number 24-032-15. Stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Honorable discharge upon completion of one year enlistment on September 17, 1941. Inducted; Fort McClellan, Alabama on August 20, 1942. US Army serial number 34-338-540.
- Battery B, 244th Field Artillery Battalion, US 3rd Army
Decorations & Citations
- Purple Heart; KIA Ochtendung, Germany
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
- American Defense Medal; Good Conduct Medal
Notes
Born; Meigs, Thomas County, Georgia. Burial; Long Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.