42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Horace E Simpson Jr

Aged 23, fallen January 6, 1945

Unit
Company E, 232nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
20224301
Hometown
Camden, New Jersey
Date of death
January 6, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Beverly National Cemetery, Section I Site 301, Beverly, New Jersey

Private First Class Horace E Simpson Jr, serial number 20224301, of Camden, New Jersey, served with Company E of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 23. He is buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Section I Site 301, Beverly, New Jersey.

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

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