42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

William B Mitchell

Aged 25, fallen January 9, 1945

Unit
Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
33472500
Hometown
Bradford, Pennsylvania
Date of death
January 9, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot K Row 28 Grave 14, St. Avold, France

Private First Class William B Mitchell, serial number 33472500, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, served with the Headquarters Detachment of the 1st Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 9, 1945, at the age of 25. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot K Row 28 Grave 14, St. Avold, France.

Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.

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