42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

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James H Runyan

Aged 26, fallen March 6, 1945

Unit
Company H, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
34990768
Hometown
Rhea, Tennessee
Date of death
March 6, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Epinal American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing, Epinal, France

Private James H Runyan, serial number 34990768, of Rhea, Tennessee, served with Company H of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on March 6, 1945, at the age of 26. His name is carved on the Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France.

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