PFC
Richard P Dillon
Aged 22, fallen January 25, 1945
- Unit
- Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 13187027
- Hometown
- Botetourt, Virginia
- Date of death
- January 25, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Plot New Boston 318, 7, 3, Lexington, Virginia
Private First Class Richard P Dillon, serial number 13187027, of Botetourt, Virginia, served with Company E of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 25, 1945, at the age of 22. He is buried at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Plot New Boston 318, 7, 3, Lexington, Virginia.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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