42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Frederick L Dickenson

Aged 25, fallen January 9, 1945

Unit
Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
33091293
Hometown
Washington, Virginia
Date of death
January 9, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Walnut Grove Cemetery, Bristol, Virginia

Private First Class Frederick L Dickenson, serial number 33091293, of Washington, Virginia, 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 25. He is buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Bristol, Virginia.

Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.

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