42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

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Jack B Frith

Aged 19, fallen January 6, 1945

Unit
Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
33881518
Hometown
Franklin, Virginia
Date of death
January 6, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 30 Grave 24, Epinal, France

Private Jack B Frith, serial number 33881518, of Franklin, Virginia, served with Company F of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 19. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 30 Grave 24, Epinal, France.

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

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