42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Charles R Taylor

Aged 20, fallen January 23, 1945

Unit
Company L, 222nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
31262447
Hometown
Middlesex, Massachusetts
Date of death
January 23, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts

Private First Class Charles R Taylor, serial number 31262447, of Middlesex, Massachusetts, served with Company L 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 20. He is buried at Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts.

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

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