42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Hershel C Giddens

Aged 21, fallen January 6, 1945

Unit
Company F, 222nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
34828777
Hometown
Irwin, Georgia
Date of death
January 6, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot B Row 11 Grave 55, St. Avold, France

Private First Class Hershel C Giddens, serial number 34828777, of Irwin, Georgia, served with Company F of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 21. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot B Row 11 Grave 55, St. Avold, France.

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

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