PVT
Harry W Freitag
Aged 21, fallen January 16, 1945
- Unit
- Company K, 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 37743425
- Hometown
- Harrison, Ohio
- Date of death
- January 16, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Missouri
Private Harry W Freitag, serial number 37743425, of Harrison, Ohio, served with Company K of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 16, 1945, at the age of 21. He is buried at Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Missouri.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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