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Louisiana

12 men from Louisiana 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 Jamie B AllenWinn Parish, Louisiana · Company K, 222nd Infantry Regiment · February 22, 1945
• PFC Charles A BakerOuachita, Louisiana · Company I, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 14, 1945
• SSGT Thomas E CasselSabine Parish, Louisiana · Company K, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 7, 1945
• PFC Wayne C CruseCaldwell Parish, Louisiana · Anti-Tank Company, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 26, 1945
• PVT Dudley L DavisWashington Parish, Louisiana · Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• PFC Jessie J DikesRapides Parish, Louisiana · Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• PFC George M JacobyCaddo Parish, Louisiana · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945
• PFC Lon P SealOrleans Parish, Louisiana · Company A, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 18, 1945
• SGT Gerald J McCurdy SrOrleans Parish, Louisiana · Company G, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 5, 1945
• PFC Olan J SuireVermilion, Louisiana · Company L, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 5, 1945
• PVT Ranny J VerrettSt Mary, Louisiana · Company L, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 5, 1945
• PVT William VidrineCaldwell, Louisiana · Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 17, 1945