42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

SSGT

Edward J Coleman

Aged 27, fallen January 14, 1945

Unit
Company F, 232nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
34278746
Hometown
Union, Mississippi
Date of death
January 14, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Memphis National Cemetery, Section H Site 5584, Memphis, Tennessee

Staff Sergeant Edward J Coleman, serial number 34278746, of Union, Mississippi, served with Company F of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 14, 1945, at the age of 27. He is buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Section H Site 5584, Memphis, Tennessee.

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

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