42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Leslie W Anderson

Aged 20, fallen January 9, 1945

Unit
Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
37555930
Hometown
Otter Tail, Minnesota
Date of death
January 9, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot D Row 28 Grave 41, St. Avold, France

Private First Class Leslie W Anderson, serial number 37555930, of Otter Tail, Minnesota, served with Company C of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 9, 1945, at the age of 20. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot D Row 28 Grave 41, St. Avold, France.

Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.

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