PFC
Harold R Kostka
Aged 22, fallen January 8, 1945
- Unit
- Company L, 232nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 37600070
- Hometown
- Itasca, Minnesota
- Date of death
- January 8, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 13 Grave 67, Epinal, France
Private First Class Harold R Kostka, serial number 37600070, of Itasca, Minnesota, served with Company L of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 8, 1945, at the age of 22. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A Row 13 Grave 67, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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