Herschel H. Mattes | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	O-796000
Unit	525th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	Pennsylvania
Date of Death	March 6 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery Florence American Cemetery Via Cassia S.N. 50023 Tavarnuzze (Firenze) Italy

525th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group

Air Medal

Purple Heart

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Notes

Initially listed missing in action, First Lieutenant Mattes' remains have been recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Florence American Cemetery.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.