PFC
John C Vollmer
Aged 24, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Company D, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 39170851
- Hometown
- Los Angeles, California
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France, Tablets of the Missing
Private First Class John C Vollmer, serial number 39170851, of Los Angeles, California, served with Company D 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 24. His name is carved on the Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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I am continuing to research and honor the men of the 42nd Rainbow Division. Family stories, as well as corrections to the above, are all welcome and treated with care.
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