42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

SSGT

Ernest W Hains

Aged 20, fallen January 6, 1945

Unit
Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
42023201
Hometown
Oswego, New York
Date of death
January 6, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Hillside Memorial Cemetery, Central Square, New York

Staff Sergeant Ernest W Hains, serial number 42023201, of Oswego, New York, 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 20. He is buried at Hillside Memorial Cemetery, Central Square, New York.

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

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