42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

SSGT

Matthew W Pellett

Aged 28, fallen January 6, 1945

Unit
Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
36164622
Hometown
Wayne, Michigan
Date of death
January 6, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan

Staff Sergeant Matthew W Pellett, serial number 36164622, of Wayne, Michigan, served with Company F of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 28. He is buried at Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan.

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

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