PVT
Walter F Labhart Jr.
Aged 18, fallen January 25, 1945
- Unit
- Company L, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 38687368
- Hometown
- Tarrant, Texas
- Date of death
- January 25, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Mount Olivet Cemetery, Section 31 Sam Houston Lawn, Fort Worth, Texas
Private Walter F Labhart Jr., serial number 38687368, of Tarrant, Texas, served with Company L of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 25, 1945, at the age of 18. He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Section 31 Sam Houston Lawn, Fort Worth, Texas.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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