PVT
Gordon L Watkinson
Aged 19, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Company A, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 39206548
- Hometown
- Pierce, Washington
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Longbranch Cemetery, Longbranch, Washington
Private Gordon L Watkinson, serial number 39206548, of Pierce, Washington, served with Company A 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 19. He is buried at Longbranch Cemetery, Longbranch, Washington.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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