PFC
Edmund C Sheppard
Aged 30, fallen January 24, 1945
- Unit
- Company K, 222nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 39707093
- Hometown
- Los Angeles, California
- Date of death
- January 24, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 27 Grave 35, Epinal, France
Private First Class Edmund C Sheppard, serial number 39707093, of Los Angeles, California, served with Company K of the 222nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 24, 1945, at the age of 30. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 27 Grave 35, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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