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Wisconsin

16 men from Wisconsin 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.

• SSGT Donald J BennettMilwaukee, Wisconsin · Company C, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 6, 1945
• 1LT John L BergLa Crosse, Wisconsin · Company K, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 26, 1945
• SGT Gerald L BertlerManitowoc, Wisconsin · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 19, 1945
• PFC Kenneth K BignellPepin, Wisconsin · Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 26, 1945
• SGT Myron R ChristensenDane, Wisconsin · Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 26, 1945
• PFC Viggo S HansenPolk, Wisconsin · Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 3, 1945
• PFC Richard W HunsingerBurnett, Wisconsin · Company I, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 15, 1945
• PFC Joseph M JungenWinnebago, Wisconsin · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 27, 1945
• SSGT Edward J McWeenyTrempealeau, Wisconsin · Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 25, 1945
• SGT Hans O MelzerMilwaukee, Wisconsin · Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 3, 1945
• PFC Raymond A NovakofskiWinnebago, Wisconsin · Company E, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 17, 1945
• TSGT Omer B OlsonTrempealeau, Wisconsin · Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 28, 1945
• SGT Gordon V PetersenMilwaukee, Wisconsin · Company A, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 12, 1945
• PVT Harvey G ReichMilwaukee, Wisconsin · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945
• PFC Robert L SkaarLa Crosse, Wisconsin · Company C, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 10, 1945
• SGT Sherman H YankeeAshland, Wisconsin · Company B, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 12, 1945