42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

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Cecil F Meyer

Aged 22, fallen January 25, 1945

Unit
Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
37263980
Hometown
Bennett, South Dakota
Date of death
January 25, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Cody, Nebraska

Private Cecil F Meyer, serial number 37263980, of Bennett, South Dakota, served with Company K of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 25, 1945, at the age of 22. He is buried at Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Cody, Nebraska.

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

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