PFC
Sidney L Erdman
Aged 31, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Company B, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 36113576
- Hometown
- Wayne, Michigan
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Finding of death (body never recovered)
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing, Epinal, France
Private First Class Sidney L Erdman, serial number 36113576, of Wayne, Michigan, served with Company B of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was 31 years old when he was declared dead under a finding of death dated January 9, 1945. His body was never recovered. His name is carved on the Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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