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Iowa

16 men from Iowa died in service with the 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division in the Second World War. The line beneath each name gives his home county, his unit and the date he died.

• PFC Robert W BeenerPolk, Iowa · Company C, 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion · March 19, 1945
• SGT Clark L BennettWoodbury, Iowa · Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 26, 1945
• PFC Thomas A CollinsAllamakee, Iowa · Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• PVT Harold D DurianIowa, Iowa · Company A, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• SSGT Calvin L EmmonsGuthrie, Iowa · Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945
• PVT Edward GroendykOsceola, Iowa · Company E, 222nd Infantry Regiment · February 19, 1945
• SSGT George P GuilliamsPolk, Iowa · Company F, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 11, 1945
• PFC Morris A KlosterFayette, Iowa · Battery A, 232nd Field Artillery Battalion · April 25, 1945
• PFC Bernard M McGoughBlack Hawk, Iowa · Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 28, 1945
• PFC Herbert M PetersDubuque, Iowa · Company H, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 26, 1945
• PVT Glen E RandleLee, Iowa · Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 5, 1945
• SGT Leonard N RanerPolk, Iowa · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 4, 1945
• PFC Donald A SteburgWebster, Iowa · Company B, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 6, 1945
• PVT Louis J SutterDubuque, Iowa · Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• PVT Francis I WeigelBoone, Iowa · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · February 25, 1945
• PVT Richard D WhiteJones, Iowa · Company B, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945