SGT
Homer H Van Houten
Aged 21, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 32724632
- Hometown
- Rockland, New York
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot D Row 39 Grave 37, St. Avold, France
Sergeant Homer H Van Houten, serial number 32724632, of Rockland, New York, served with Company C of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 9, 1945, at the age of 21. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot D Row 39 Grave 37, St. Avold, France.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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