CAPT
Francis J Troy
Aged 27, fallen January 25, 1945
- Unit
- Company F (attached, 3rd Battalion HQ), 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- O-024059
- Hometown
- Oswego, New York
- Date of death
- January 25, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 23 Grave 12, Epinal, France
Captain Francis J Troy, serial number O-024059, of Oswego, New York, served with Company F (attached, 3rd Battalion HQ) of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 25, 1945, at the age of 27. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 23 Grave 12, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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