42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Robert J Frist

Aged 20, fallen January 16, 1945

Unit
Company C, 222nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
34733761
Hometown
Hamilton, Tennessee
Date of death
January 16, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 10 Grave 3, Epinal, France

Private First Class Robert J Frist, serial number 34733761, of Hamilton, Tennessee, served with Company C 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 20. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 10 Grave 3, Epinal, France.

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

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