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Massachusetts

21 men from Massachusetts 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.

• CPL Walter D St AmandEssex, Massachusetts · Regimental Headquarters, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 1, 1945
• PFC Edward W ButtsMiddlesex, Massachusetts · Company H, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 26, 1945
• PVT Alphonse R ChausseBristol, Massachusetts · Company E, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 26, 1945
• 1LT George R CoppenrathWorchester, Massachusetts · Company A, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 9, 1945
• PFC Frederick J CravatasEssex, Massachusetts · Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• PFC Nicholas DiminicoBristol, Massachusetts · Company C, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 4, 1945
• PFC Frederick T HoffmanBerkshire, Massachusetts · Company F, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 7, 1945
• CPL Francis H JohnsonPlymouth, Massachusetts · Battery B, 232nd Field Artillery Battalion · April 26, 1945
• SGT John A Furber JrMiddlesex, Massachusetts · Company H, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 25, 1945
• SSGT Charles E Harlow JrEssex, Massachusetts · Company C, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• PFC Dennis LyonsBristol, Massachusetts · Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• PFC Ernest E NelsonMiddlesex, Massachusetts · Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• PVT Albert C PereiraBristol, Massachusetts · Medical Detachment, 232nd Field Artillery Battalion · April 26, 1945
• PFC Melvin F PorterEssex, Massachusetts · Company A, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 3, 1945
• TSGT Zigman PoskusNorfolk, Massachusetts · Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 25, 1945
• SSGT Bernard D SasserWorchester, Massachusetts · Company G, 222nd Infantry Regiment · February 27, 1945
• PFC George W StoffelSuffolk, Massachusetts · Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 19, 1945
• PFC Charles R TaylorMiddlesex, Massachusetts · Company L, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 23, 1945
• PFC Louis A ThibodeauEssex, Massachusetts · Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• SSGT Daniel N TowseMiddlesex, Massachusetts · Company K, 222nd Infantry Regiment · April 18, 1945
• PFC David M WatsonMiddlesex, Massachusetts · Company E, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 6, 1945