42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Lawrence E Brucker

Aged 27, fallen January 9, 1945

Unit
Company A, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
18029254
Hometown
Chaffee, Colorado
Date of death
January 9, 1945
Classification
Finding of death (body never recovered)
Burial
Epinal American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing, Epinal, France

Private First Class Lawrence E Brucker, serial number 18029254, of Chaffee, Colorado, served with Company A of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was 27 years old when he was declared dead under a finding of death dated January 9, 1945. His body was never recovered. His name is carved on the Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France.

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

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