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Michigan

34 men from Michigan 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 Clyde AllenGogebic, Michigan · Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 14, 1945
• PFC Joseph R BenhartBerrien, Michigan · Company F, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 25, 1945
• PVT Joseph V BumpusLenawee, Michigan · Company F, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945
• PVT William R CampbellGladwin, Michigan · Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment · February 27, 1945
• PFC Albert J CepelaIngham, Michigan · Anti-Tank Company, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 7, 1945
• PFC James A ColeMidland, Michigan · Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 25, 1945
• SSGT James W CoxJackson, Michigan · Company F, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 28, 1945
• PFC Sidney L ErdmanWayne, Michigan · Company B, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• TSGT George R FinchOakland, Michigan · Company D, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• 2LT Paul J La ForestWayne, Michigan · Company F, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 11, 1945
• PVT Norman E GerowWayne, Michigan · Company A, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 27, 1945
• PFC Melvin H HansensIngham, Michigan · Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 17, 1945
• PFC Gilbert J HimelhochGenesee, Michigan · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 5, 1945
• PVT Franklin M HoerleMuskegon, Michigan · Company F, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 26, 1945
• PFC Burley E JonesOakland, Michigan · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 19, 1945
• PFC Arthur L JoslynCalhoun, Michigan · Company B, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 17, 1945
• PFC George Bohacik Jr.Wayne, Michigan · Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• PFC Jerry P KehoeWayne, Michigan · Medical Detachment, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 18, 1945
• PFC Norman A KempWayne, Michigan · Company I, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 9, 1945
• CPL Edward A LathropSt Clair, Michigan · Company D, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 26, 1946
• PFC Edward E MabieCass, Michigan · 42nd Reconnaissance Troop · March 20, 1945
• PVT Donald E MartinWayne, Michigan · Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 13, 1945
• PFC William H MeidaGenesee, Michigan · Company C, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 26, 1945
• SSGT Matthew W PellettWayne, Michigan · Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945
• PFC Dominick PontarelliWayne, Michigan · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 5, 1945
• PFC William M SchosserWashtenaw, Michigan · Company A, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 18, 1945
• PFC Donald D SharpLenawee, Michigan · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945
• PFC Bernard F SmithMuskegon, Michigan · Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 17, 1945
• 1LT Beryl G StreeterWayne, Michigan · Company H, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945
• PFC Frederick D StuartWayne, Michigan · Company L, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 5, 1945
• PFC Vernon J SummervilleChippewa, Michigan · 42nd Quartermaster Company · May 26, 1945
• PFC James V WadeWayne, Michigan · Company A, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 17, 1945
• PFC William J WoolleyJackson, Michigan · Company B, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 10, 1945
• PVT David E YohannanGenesee, Michigan · Company F, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 5, 1945