42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Joseph D Cohen

Aged 21, fallen January 16, 1945

Unit
Company B, 232nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
32808287
Hometown
Bronx, New York
Date of death
January 16, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Block U Section 15 Line 10 Grave 1, Brooklyn, New York

Private First Class Joseph D Cohen, serial number 32808287, of Bronx, New York, served with Company B of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 16, 1945, at the age of 21. He is buried at Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Block U Section 15 Line 10 Grave 1, Brooklyn, New York.

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

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