42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Kenneth L Evans

Aged 20, fallen January 25, 1945

Unit
Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
34678682
Hometown
Halifax, North Carolina
Date of death
January 25, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

Private First Class Kenneth L Evans, serial number 34678682, of Halifax, North Carolina, served with Company F 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 20. He is buried at Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.

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

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