PFC
Dennis Lyons
Aged 38, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 31367412
- Hometown
- Bristol, Massachusetts
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot D Row 6 Grave 12, St. Avold, France
Private First Class Dennis Lyons, serial number 31367412, of Bristol, Massachusetts, served with Company F 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 38. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot D Row 6 Grave 12, St. Avold, France.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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