42nd Infantry Division insignia (portrait pending)

PFC

David M Watson

Aged 20, fallen January 6, 1945

Unit
Company E, 232nd Infantry Regiment
Serial number
31359043
Hometown
Middlesex, Massachusetts
Date of death
January 6, 1945
Classification
Killed in action
Burial
Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 45 Grave 14, Epinal, France

Private First Class David M Watson, serial number 31359043, of Middlesex, Massachusetts, served with Company E of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 20. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 45 Grave 14, Epinal, France.

Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.

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