Ralph M. Mattio

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

DOW 07/29/1944

Ralph Michael Mattio was born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania on March 7, 1920.

Prior to entering military service he was employed as a clerk at American Stores in Philadelphia.

He was drafted into the Army on February 21, 1942 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. His home of residence
was listed as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and his civilian occupation was listed as Sales Clerks.
He had completed grammar school and was single with no dependents.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal in Headquarters 22nd Infantry Motorized General Orders No. 5,
dated June 8, 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Mattio was promoted from Private to Sergeant on the battlefield in France on June 16, 1944.

Sergeant Mattio died of wounds received in action in France on July 29, 1944,
during Operation Cobra, the breakout from Normandy.

Decorations of Ralph M. Mattio

Ralph M. Mattio was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
La Cambe, Isigny, France in Block AB Row 10 Grave 187 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot H Row 9 Grave 19

Grave marker for

Ralph M. Mattio

Photo by

John Tomawski

and

Andreia Lino

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