42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

William M Schosser

Aged 20, fallen January 18, 1945

Unit
Company A, 232nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
36419936
Hometown
Washtenaw, Michigan
Date of death
January 18, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Wastenong Memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Private First Class William M Schosser, serial number 36419936, of Washtenaw, Michigan, served with Company A of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 18, 1945, at the age of 20. He is buried at Wastenong Memorial Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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

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