Grave marker foe Joseph W. Mattingly and spouse in Cemetery Hill Cemetery, Springfield (Washington county), Kentucky.

Joseph enlisted in the Army at Louisville, KY on 6 January 1943.

On 21 August 1945, Pfc Mattingly was transferred from the 17th Airborne Division to Hq 2nd, 508th PIR.

He was discharged on 18 December 1945.