PFC
Whitney C Colby Jr
Aged 19, fallen January 6, 1945
- Unit
- Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 42007488
- Hometown
- Essex, New Jersey
- Date of death
- January 6, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, New Jersey
Private First Class Whitney C Colby Jr, serial number 42007488, of Essex, New Jersey, served with Company E of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 19. He is buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, New Jersey.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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