Joseph Matkovich

Joseph P. Matkovich of Virginia was inducted into the Army on May 30, 1942.

He was a Private First Class and a fire control operator with Battery A, 894th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion in Naples-Foggia and Rome-Arno in Italy and in the Rhineland, southern France and Central Europe.

Mr. Matkovich received the: European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal with a silver battle star (for five campaigns), World War II Victory Medal and four overseas service bars.

He was discharged on Oct. 28, 1945at Camp McCoy, Wis.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 195.

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