2LT
Robert F Yelton
Aged 23, fallen January 25, 1945
- Unit
- Company L, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- O-551154
- Hometown
- La Porte, Indiana
- Date of death
- January 25, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, Indiana
Second Lieutenant Robert F Yelton, serial number O-551154, of La Porte, Indiana, served with Company L of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 25, 1945, at the age of 23. He is buried at Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, Indiana.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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