42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

TSGT

Merl H Todd

Aged 28, fallen January 10, 1945

Unit
Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
39376000
Hometown
Yakima, Washington
Date of death
January 10, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Terrace Heights Memorial Park, Block 27, Yakima, Washington

Technical Sergeant Merl H Todd, serial number 39376000, of Yakima, Washington, served with Company C of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 10, 1945, at the age of 28. He is buried at Terrace Heights Memorial Park, Block 27, Yakima, Washington.

Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.

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