42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

William R Fitzgerald

Aged 23, fallen January 25, 1945

Unit
Company M, 222nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
33888157
Hometown
Norfolk, Virginia
Date of death
January 25, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Olive Branch Cemetery, D-167, Portsmouth, Virginia

Private First Class William R Fitzgerald, serial number 33888157, of Norfolk, Virginia, served with Company M of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 25, 1945, at the age of 23. He is buried at Olive Branch Cemetery, D-167, Portsmouth, Virginia.

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

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