PFC
Robert M Hirsch
Aged 23, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 16098544
- Hometown
- Lake, Illinois
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Private First Class Robert M Hirsch, serial number 16098544, of Lake, Illinois, served with the Headquarters Detachment of the 2nd Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 9, 1945, at the age of 23. He is buried at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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