42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Howard V Martin

Aged 23, fallen January 11, 1945

Unit
Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
36427351
Hometown
Mason, Illinois
Date of death
January 11, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 25 Grave 13, Epinal, France

Private First Class Howard V Martin, serial number 36427351, of Mason, Illinois, served with Company G of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 11, 1945, at the age of 23. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 25 Grave 13, Epinal, France.

Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.

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