42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

SGT

Robert L Christman

Aged 19, fallen January 5, 1945

Unit
Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
19186994
Hometown
San Mateo, California
Date of death
January 5, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Epinal American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing, Epinal, France

Sergeant Robert L Christman, serial number 19186994, of San Mateo, California, served with Company G of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 5, 1945, at the age of 19. His name is carved on the Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France.

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

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