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Illinois

51 men from Illinois 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 Charles G BeckwithCook, Illinois · Company I, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 19, 1945
• PFC Walter F BelinaCook, Illinois · Company F, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945
• PVT Herbert G BurmesterMadison, Illinois · Company L, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 7, 1945
• PFC Raymond D BurnsHenry, Illinois · Company B, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• PFC George S CallahanCook, Illinois · Medical Detachment, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 8, 1945
• TEC5 Robert R CasselFulton, Illinois · Regimental Headquarters, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 10, 1945
• TSGT Andrew CizmarikCook, Illinois · Company E, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 12, 1945
• PFC Harold S CliftonCook, Illinois · Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• PVT Verlin L CraigMcLean, Illinois · Company C, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 4, 1945
• PFC Harley E CravensEdgar, Illinois · Company C, 222nd Infantry Regiment · February 27, 1945
• PVT Alfred L DammannWinnebago, Illinois · Company B, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 3, 1945
• PFC Edward W DeeringSaline, Illinois · Company F, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 20, 1945
• PFC William P DoodyCook, Illinois · Company E, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 3, 1945
• PFC Edward J FiedorczykDu Page, Illinois · Company M, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 26, 1945
• PFC Alex GoldsteinCook, Illinois · Company D, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 18, 1945
• PFC Robert M HirschLake, Illinois · Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• SGT James A HobartWinnebago, Illinois · Company F, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 14, 1945
• PFC Ludwig F HrovatLa Salle, Illinois · Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 1, 1945
• PFC Andrew F JansenEffingham, Illinois · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 7, 1945
• PVT Robert J KileCook, Illinois · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · May 5, 1945
• PFC Robert KreitzburgOgle, Illinois · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 4, 1945
• PFC Eugene J KruszynskiCook, Illinois · Company L, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 25, 1945
• PFC Stanley F KubasCook, Illinois · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 5, 1945
• SSGT Earnest L LeeJackson, Illinois · Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 5, 1945
• PFC Norman E LipschultzCook, Illinois · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 4, 1945
• SSGT Herman MaksudianSt Clair, Illinois · Company B, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 11, 1945
• PVT Louis J MarinoCook, Illinois · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 25, 1945
• PFC Howard V MartinMason, Illinois · Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 11, 1945
• SGT Glenn R McElroyKane, Illinois · Company C, 222nd Infantry Regiment · July 15, 1945
• PFC Bernard H McGowanCook, Illinois · Company B, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 17, 1945
• PFC Joseph B McMullenCook, Illinois · Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 19, 1945
• SSGT Clifford D MillerRandolph, Illinois · Company E, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• SSGT Donald J MulhausenCook, Illinois · Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 25, 1945
• TSGT John E O’LaughlinPeoria, Illinois · Company E, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 13, 1945
• SSGT Carl L PascoCook, Illinois · Company A, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 19, 1945
• TEC5 Russell L PieperMonroe, Illinois · Company B, 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion · April 10, 1945
• SGT Arthur V PritchettCook, Illinois · Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 9, 1945
• CPL Laurel E ProsserLake, Illinois · Company A, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 17, 1945
• 1LT George D PuhnCook, Illinois · Headquarters Detachment, 3rd Battalion, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 17, 1945
• TSGT William W ReedWinnebago, Illinois · Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 4, 1945
• PFC Wilbur J RoederCook, Illinois · Anti-Tank Company, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 26, 1945
• PVT Edward RybackiCook, Illinois · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 16, 1945
• 2LT Lesslie H SandersLee, Illinois · Company F, 222nd Infantry Regiment · May 5, 1945
• PFC Wayne H ScottCook, Illinois · Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 25, 1945
• PFC William L SeemanCook, Illinois · Company B, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• PFC Jack W SellkeJackson, Illinois · Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 10, 1945
• TEC4 Harry SengerLawrence, Illinois · Medical Detachment, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 5, 1945
• PVT Walter C ShawColes, Illinois · Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 23, 1945
• SGT Paul E SiegristMadison, Illinois · Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 2, 1945
• SGT Edward W SinksCook, Illinois · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• PFC Joseph D WiedefeldCook, Illinois · Company D, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 11, 1945