PFC
Claro L Cadena
Aged 26, fallen January 24, 1945
- Unit
- Company I, 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 39150587
- Hometown
- El Paso, Texas
- Date of death
- January 24, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot C Row 5 Grave 57, St. Avold, France
Private First Class Claro L Cadena, serial number 39150587, of El Paso, Texas, served with Company I of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 24, 1945, at the age of 26. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot C Row 5 Grave 57, St. Avold, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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