42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PVT

Joseph V Bumpus

Aged 26, fallen January 6, 1945

Unit
Company F, 232nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
36979265
Hometown
Lenawee, Michigan
Date of death
January 6, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Ogden Zion cemetery, Blissfield, Michigan

Private Joseph V Bumpus, serial number 36979265, of Lenawee, Michigan, served with Company F 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 26. He is buried at Ogden Zion cemetery, Blissfield, Michigan.

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

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