PFC
Thomas A Collins
Aged 20, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 37673010
- Hometown
- Allamakee, Iowa
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Mount Olivet Cemetery, Waukon, Iowa
Private First Class Thomas A Collins, serial number 37673010, of Allamakee, Iowa, served with Company C of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 9, 1945, at the age of 20. He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Waukon, Iowa.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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