SGT
Sherman H Yankee
Aged 27, fallen January 12, 1945
- Unit
- Company B, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 36209772
- Hometown
- Ashland, Wisconsin
- Date of death
- January 12, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 15 Grave 17, Epinal, France
Sergeant Sherman H Yankee, serial number 36209772, of Ashland, Wisconsin, served with Company B of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 12, 1945, at the age of 27. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 15 Grave 17, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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