SGT
James R Metcalfe
Aged 23, fallen January 19, 1945
- Unit
- Company B, 232nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 20128584
- Hometown
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Date of death
- January 19, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing, Epinal, France
Sergeant James R Metcalfe, serial number 20128584, of New Haven, Connecticut, served with Company B of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 19, 1945, at the age of 23. His name is carved on the Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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