42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

2LT

Daniel P McLaurin

Aged 21, fallen January 11, 1945

Unit
Company A, 222nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
O-552663
Hometown
Chesterfield, South Carolina
Date of death
January 11, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Old Saint Davids Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cheraw, South Carolina

Second Lieutenant Daniel P McLaurin, serial number O-552663, of Chesterfield, South Carolina, served with Company A 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 21. He is buried at Old Saint Davids Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cheraw, South Carolina.

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

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