42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

William J Boyle

Aged 23, fallen January 19, 1945

Unit
Company D, 232nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
39610892
Hometown
Silver Bow, Montana
Date of death
January 19, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 11 Grave 58, Epinal, France

Private First Class William J Boyle, serial number 39610892, of Silver Bow, Montana, served with Company D of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 19, 1945, at the age of 23. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 11 Grave 58, Epinal, France.

Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.

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