42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

SGT

James B Riddick

Aged 25, fallen January 7, 1945

Unit
Company L, 222nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
20741048
Hometown
Ouachita, Arkansas
Date of death
January 7, 1945
Classification
Died of wounds
Burial
Riddick Cemetery, Troy, Arkansas

Sergeant James B Riddick, serial number 20741048, of Ouachita, Arkansas, served with Company L of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He died of wounds on January 7, 1945, at the age of 25. He is buried at Riddick Cemetery, Troy, Arkansas.

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

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