PFC
Olan J Suire
Aged 19, fallen January 5, 1945
- Unit
- Company L, 232nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 38490823
- Hometown
- Vermilion, Louisiana
- Date of death
- January 5, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Suire Cemetery, Forked Island, Louisiana
Private First Class Olan J Suire, serial number 38490823, of Vermilion, Louisiana, served with Company L of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 5, 1945, at the age of 19. He is buried at Suire Cemetery, Forked Island, Louisiana.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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