PVT
Lewis D Bilz
Aged 19, fallen January 6, 1945
- Unit
- Company B, 232nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 35840196
- Hometown
- Elkhart, Indiana
- Date of death
- January 6, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 41 Grave 26, Epinal, France
Private Lewis D Bilz, serial number 35840196, of Elkhart, Indiana, served with Company B of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 19. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 41 Grave 26, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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