Son of John Denton Matz and Elsie Brownsword. His parents had divorced either just before or shortly after he was born as she remarried on 16 December 1916 and he lived with his mom and his step-father.
1920 United States Federal Census (17 January 1920): Akron (Ward 6), Summit County, Ohio (sheet 26A, family 501, 199 rear Arlington St.) – Harold T. Matz (6 Ohio).
1930 United States Federal Census (04 April 1930): Maywood, Los Angeles County, California (sheet 3A, family 63, 4633 58th Street) – Harold Matz (17 Ohio).
Harold T. Matz enlisted as a Private (S/N 269439) in the United States Marine Corps on 03 December 1938 in Los Angles, California. He was sent to San Diego for training.
15 December 1938 – 21 March 1939 – Private Harold T. Matz
Recruit Depot Detachment, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
21 March 1939 – May 1939 – Private Harold T. Matz
Battery "F", Second Battalion, Tenth Marines Second Marine Brigade , FMF, Camp Nimitz, San Clemente Island California
June 1939 – March 1940 – Private Harold T. Matz
Battery "F", Second Battalion, Tenth Marines Second Marine Brigade , FMF, San Diego, California. On 02 March 1940 he was sent to Marine Barracks , Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, FFT to Asiatic Station for general assignment. On 23 March 1940 he sailed via the U.S.S. Henderson for his Asiatic Station.
May 1940 – June 1940 Private Harold T. Matz
Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands
On the 17th of May he was sent to the US Navy Hospital Canacao, P. I. for treatment. He was there through until the 25th of June.
27 July 1940 – October 1941 – Private First Class Harold T. Matz
Marine Barracks, Naval Staton, Olongapo, Philippine Islands. He was promoted to Private First Class on 08 August 1940. In September thru the 15th of December 1940 he was on Reservation Patrol.
With relations between the United States and Japan deteriorating, the 4th Marines were given the task of protecting the Olongapo Naval Station.
On 08 December 1941 war with Japan broke out. The rapid advance of the Japanese led General Douglas MacArthur to abandon Manila and to declare it an open city on 26 December 1941 and order the withdraw of American and Filipino troops on Luzon to the Bataan peninsula. By the 26th the 2nd Battalion was moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment , and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles.
At some point over the next couple of days Private First Class Harold T. Matz of Company F, Second Battalion, 4th Marines was sent over to Fort Mills, Corregidor, P. I.
January 1942 – 18 April 1942 – Private First Class Harold T. Matz
Company F, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
He was in the hospital from 05 January through the end of the month. No records from February and March. He was back in the hospital from 07 April thru the 11th and again from 14 April thru the 18th. Source: U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls
Things were pretty chaotic on Corregidor with the fall of Bataan on 09 April and then the fall of Corregidor on 06 May 1942. Private First Class Harold T. Matz was listed as Missing in Action on the Marine Corps Muster Rolls in July 1942 (the earliest one I could find after the fall of the Philippines) thru 25 October 1945. It wasn't until 25 October 1945 that it was discovered what happened to him and his status was changed from MIA to dead. Private First Class Harold T. Matz had committed "suicide (on 18 April 1942) while beleaguered by enemy LOD. Remains interred Station Cemetery, Fort Mills. Evidence of death received 25 October 1945". Source: U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls
On his PFC Matz's death record it says he died from a "self inflicted gun shot wound in chest". Sadly whatever it was that he was suffering from became too much for him...
After the war his remains were recovered and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block F12, Row 2, Grave 165 (D-D 8459). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Elsie Broudy), Private First Class Harold Thomas Matz was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot N, Row 12, Grave 41.
1920 United States Federal Census (17 January 1920): Akron (Ward 6), Summit County, Ohio (sheet 26A, family 501, 199 rear Arlington St.) – Harold T. Matz (6 Ohio).
1930 United States Federal Census (04 April 1930): Maywood, Los Angeles County, California (sheet 3A, family 63, 4633 58th Street) – Harold Matz (17 Ohio).
Harold T. Matz enlisted as a Private (S/N 269439) in the United States Marine Corps on 03 December 1938 in Los Angles, California. He was sent to San Diego for training.
15 December 1938 – 21 March 1939 – Private Harold T. Matz
Recruit Depot Detachment, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
21 March 1939 – May 1939 – Private Harold T. Matz
Battery "F", Second Battalion, Tenth Marines Second Marine Brigade , FMF, Camp Nimitz, San Clemente Island California
June 1939 – March 1940 – Private Harold T. Matz
Battery "F", Second Battalion, Tenth Marines Second Marine Brigade , FMF, San Diego, California. On 02 March 1940 he was sent to Marine Barracks , Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, FFT to Asiatic Station for general assignment. On 23 March 1940 he sailed via the U.S.S. Henderson for his Asiatic Station.
May 1940 – June 1940 Private Harold T. Matz
Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands
On the 17th of May he was sent to the US Navy Hospital Canacao, P. I. for treatment. He was there through until the 25th of June.
27 July 1940 – October 1941 – Private First Class Harold T. Matz
Marine Barracks, Naval Staton, Olongapo, Philippine Islands. He was promoted to Private First Class on 08 August 1940. In September thru the 15th of December 1940 he was on Reservation Patrol.
With relations between the United States and Japan deteriorating, the 4th Marines were given the task of protecting the Olongapo Naval Station.
On 08 December 1941 war with Japan broke out. The rapid advance of the Japanese led General Douglas MacArthur to abandon Manila and to declare it an open city on 26 December 1941 and order the withdraw of American and Filipino troops on Luzon to the Bataan peninsula. By the 26th the 2nd Battalion was moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment , and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles.
At some point over the next couple of days Private First Class Harold T. Matz of Company F, Second Battalion, 4th Marines was sent over to Fort Mills, Corregidor, P. I.
January 1942 – 18 April 1942 – Private First Class Harold T. Matz
Company F, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
He was in the hospital from 05 January through the end of the month. No records from February and March. He was back in the hospital from 07 April thru the 11th and again from 14 April thru the 18th. Source: U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls
Things were pretty chaotic on Corregidor with the fall of Bataan on 09 April and then the fall of Corregidor on 06 May 1942. Private First Class Harold T. Matz was listed as Missing in Action on the Marine Corps Muster Rolls in July 1942 (the earliest one I could find after the fall of the Philippines) thru 25 October 1945. It wasn't until 25 October 1945 that it was discovered what happened to him and his status was changed from MIA to dead. Private First Class Harold T. Matz had committed "suicide (on 18 April 1942) while beleaguered by enemy LOD. Remains interred Station Cemetery, Fort Mills. Evidence of death received 25 October 1945". Source: U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls
On his PFC Matz's death record it says he died from a "self inflicted gun shot wound in chest". Sadly whatever it was that he was suffering from became too much for him...
After the war his remains were recovered and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block F12, Row 2, Grave 165 (D-D 8459). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Elsie Broudy), Private First Class Harold Thomas Matz was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot N, Row 12, Grave 41.
Son of John Denton Matz and Elsie Brownsword. His parents had divorced either just before or shortly after he was born as she remarried on 16 December 1916 and he lived with his mom and his step-father.
1920 United States Federal Census (17 January 1920): Akron (Ward 6), Summit County, Ohio (sheet 26A, family 501, 199 rear Arlington St.) – Harold T. Matz (6 Ohio).
1930 United States Federal Census (04 April 1930): Maywood, Los Angeles County, California (sheet 3A, family 63, 4633 58th Street) – Harold Matz (17 Ohio).
Harold T. Matz enlisted as a Private (S/N 269439) in the United States Marine Corps on 03 December 1938 in Los Angles, California. He was sent to San Diego for training.
15 December 1938 – 21 March 1939 – Private Harold T. Matz
Recruit Depot Detachment, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
21 March 1939 – May 1939 – Private Harold T. Matz
Battery "F", Second Battalion, Tenth Marines Second Marine Brigade , FMF, Camp Nimitz, San Clemente Island California
June 1939 – March 1940 – Private Harold T. Matz
Battery "F", Second Battalion, Tenth Marines Second Marine Brigade , FMF, San Diego, California. On 02 March 1940 he was sent to Marine Barracks , Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, FFT to Asiatic Station for general assignment. On 23 March 1940 he sailed via the U.S.S. Henderson for his Asiatic Station.
May 1940 – June 1940 Private Harold T. Matz
Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands
On the 17th of May he was sent to the US Navy Hospital Canacao, P. I. for treatment. He was there through until the 25th of June.
27 July 1940 – October 1941 – Private First Class Harold T. Matz
Marine Barracks, Naval Staton, Olongapo, Philippine Islands. He was promoted to Private First Class on 08 August 1940. In September thru the 15th of December 1940 he was on Reservation Patrol.
With relations between the United States and Japan deteriorating, the 4th Marines were given the task of protecting the Olongapo Naval Station.
On 08 December 1941 war with Japan broke out. The rapid advance of the Japanese led General Douglas MacArthur to abandon Manila and to declare it an open city on 26 December 1941 and order the withdraw of American and Filipino troops on Luzon to the Bataan peninsula. By the 26th the 2nd Battalion was moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment , and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles.
At some point over the next couple of days Private First Class Harold T. Matz of Company F, Second Battalion, 4th Marines was sent over to Fort Mills, Corregidor, P. I.
January 1942 – 18 April 1942 – Private First Class Harold T. Matz
Company F, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
He was in the hospital from 05 January through the end of the month. No records from February and March. He was back in the hospital from 07 April thru the 11th and again from 14 April thru the 18th. Source: U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls
Things were pretty chaotic on Corregidor with the fall of Bataan on 09 April and then the fall of Corregidor on 06 May 1942. Private First Class Harold T. Matz was listed as Missing in Action on the Marine Corps Muster Rolls in July 1942 (the earliest one I could find after the fall of the Philippines) thru 25 October 1945. It wasn't until 25 October 1945 that it was discovered what happened to him and his status was changed from MIA to dead. Private First Class Harold T. Matz had committed "suicide (on 18 April 1942) while beleaguered by enemy LOD. Remains interred Station Cemetery, Fort Mills. Evidence of death received 25 October 1945". Source: U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls
On his PFC Matz's death record it says he died from a "self inflicted gun shot wound in chest". Sadly whatever it was that he was suffering from became too much for him...
After the war his remains were recovered and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block F12, Row 2, Grave 165 (D-D 8459). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Elsie Broudy), Private First Class Harold Thomas Matz was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot N, Row 12, Grave 41.
1920 United States Federal Census (17 January 1920): Akron (Ward 6), Summit County, Ohio (sheet 26A, family 501, 199 rear Arlington St.) – Harold T. Matz (6 Ohio).
1930 United States Federal Census (04 April 1930): Maywood, Los Angeles County, California (sheet 3A, family 63, 4633 58th Street) – Harold Matz (17 Ohio).
Harold T. Matz enlisted as a Private (S/N 269439) in the United States Marine Corps on 03 December 1938 in Los Angles, California. He was sent to San Diego for training.
15 December 1938 – 21 March 1939 – Private Harold T. Matz
Recruit Depot Detachment, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
21 March 1939 – May 1939 – Private Harold T. Matz
Battery "F", Second Battalion, Tenth Marines Second Marine Brigade , FMF, Camp Nimitz, San Clemente Island California
June 1939 – March 1940 – Private Harold T. Matz
Battery "F", Second Battalion, Tenth Marines Second Marine Brigade , FMF, San Diego, California. On 02 March 1940 he was sent to Marine Barracks , Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, FFT to Asiatic Station for general assignment. On 23 March 1940 he sailed via the U.S.S. Henderson for his Asiatic Station.
May 1940 – June 1940 Private Harold T. Matz
Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands
On the 17th of May he was sent to the US Navy Hospital Canacao, P. I. for treatment. He was there through until the 25th of June.
27 July 1940 – October 1941 – Private First Class Harold T. Matz
Marine Barracks, Naval Staton, Olongapo, Philippine Islands. He was promoted to Private First Class on 08 August 1940. In September thru the 15th of December 1940 he was on Reservation Patrol.
With relations between the United States and Japan deteriorating, the 4th Marines were given the task of protecting the Olongapo Naval Station.
On 08 December 1941 war with Japan broke out. The rapid advance of the Japanese led General Douglas MacArthur to abandon Manila and to declare it an open city on 26 December 1941 and order the withdraw of American and Filipino troops on Luzon to the Bataan peninsula. By the 26th the 2nd Battalion was moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment , and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles.
At some point over the next couple of days Private First Class Harold T. Matz of Company F, Second Battalion, 4th Marines was sent over to Fort Mills, Corregidor, P. I.
January 1942 – 18 April 1942 – Private First Class Harold T. Matz
Company F, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
He was in the hospital from 05 January through the end of the month. No records from February and March. He was back in the hospital from 07 April thru the 11th and again from 14 April thru the 18th. Source: U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls
Things were pretty chaotic on Corregidor with the fall of Bataan on 09 April and then the fall of Corregidor on 06 May 1942. Private First Class Harold T. Matz was listed as Missing in Action on the Marine Corps Muster Rolls in July 1942 (the earliest one I could find after the fall of the Philippines) thru 25 October 1945. It wasn't until 25 October 1945 that it was discovered what happened to him and his status was changed from MIA to dead. Private First Class Harold T. Matz had committed "suicide (on 18 April 1942) while beleaguered by enemy LOD. Remains interred Station Cemetery, Fort Mills. Evidence of death received 25 October 1945". Source: U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls
On his PFC Matz's death record it says he died from a "self inflicted gun shot wound in chest". Sadly whatever it was that he was suffering from became too much for him...
After the war his remains were recovered and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block F12, Row 2, Grave 165 (D-D 8459). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Elsie Broudy), Private First Class Harold Thomas Matz was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot N, Row 12, Grave 41.
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