PFC
Billy R Bollinger
Aged 18, fallen January 13, 1945
- Unit
- Company M, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 34864680
- Hometown
- Burke, North Carolina
- Date of death
- January 13, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Drexel Memorial Park, Drexel, North Carolina
Private First Class Billy R Bollinger, serial number 34864680, of Burke, North Carolina, served with Company M of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 13, 1945, at the age of 18. He is buried at Drexel Memorial Park, Drexel, North Carolina.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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