42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

Bartholomew P Tirro

Aged 28, fallen January 19, 1945

Unit
Anti-Tank Company, 232nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
42113952
Hometown
Camden, New Jersey
Date of death
January 19, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Private First Class Bartholomew P Tirro, serial number 42113952, of Camden, New Jersey, served with the Anti-Tank Company of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 19, 1945, at the age of 28. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

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

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