42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Arthur J LaFlamme

Aged 19, fallen January 9, 1945

Unit
Company D, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
31466117
Hometown
Windham, Connecticut
Date of death
January 9, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot C Row 21 Grave 27, St. Avold, France

Private First Class Arthur J LaFlamme, serial number 31466117, of Windham, Connecticut, served with Company D of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 9, 1945, at the age of 19. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot C Row 21 Grave 27, St. Avold, France.

Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.

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