CPL
Otis G Milam Jr
Aged 21, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Anti-Tank Company, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 18098875
- Hometown
- Gregg, Texas
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Bolton-Teagle Cemetery, Winn Parish, Louisiana
Corporal Otis G Milam Jr, serial number 18098875, of Gregg, Texas, served with the Anti-Tank Company 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 21. He is buried at Bolton-Teagle Cemetery, Winn Parish, Louisiana.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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