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Washington

15 men from Washington 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 Le Roy A BreitghamYakima, Washington · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 3, 1945
• PFC John N ChattertonCowlitz, Washington · Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 27, 1945
• PFC Clarence E FuquaClark, Washington · Company L, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 8, 1945
• PFC William L JepsonClark, Washington · Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 23, 1945
• SSGT Willet H Wright Jr.Chelan, Washington · Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• SSGT Edward R KardongKing, Washington · Company C, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945
• PFC Louis S NysenTacoma, Washington · Anti-Tank Company, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 20, 1945
• PFC Ronald RenardWhitcomb, Washington · Company L, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 25, 1945
• PFC Kenneth C SchulzPierce, Washington · Company I, 232nd Infantry Regiment · February 28, 1945
• CAPT Michael ShererAsotin, Washington · Company C, 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion · February 28, 1945
• PFC Glenn N SjogrenPierce, Washington · Company I, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 15, 1945
• PFC William R SloanSkagit, Washington · Battery B, 232nd Field Artillery Battalion · April 26, 1945
• TSGT Merl H ToddYakima, Washington · Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 10, 1945
• PFC John E VernonOkanogan, Washington · Company I, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• PVT Gordon L WatkinsonPierce, Washington · Company A, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945