PVT
Walter C Shaw
Aged 19, fallen January 23, 1945
- Unit
- Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 36960675
- Hometown
- Coles, Illinois
- Date of death
- January 23, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Craig Cemetery, Morgan Township, Illinois
Private Walter C Shaw, serial number 36960675, of Coles, Illinois, served with Company G of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 23, 1945, at the age of 19. He is buried at Craig Cemetery, Morgan Township, Illinois.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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