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Minnesota

25 men from Minnesota 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.

• PVT Delphine J AbelnStearns, Minnesota · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 11, 1945
• PFC Leslie W AndersonOtter Tail, Minnesota · Company C, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 9, 1945
• PFC Ralph F ArettMower, Minnesota · Company E, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 5, 1945
• SSGT Joseph W BeardsleySt Louis, Minnesota · Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment · February 24, 1945
• PFC Sanford B BerkwitzHennepin, Minnesota · Headquarters Detachment, 3rd Battalion, 222nd Infantry Regiment · May 26, 1945
• CPL Floyd C BraultHennepin, Minnesota · Battery B, 392nd Field Artillery Battalion · June 5, 1945
• PFC Edward C CarlsonWashington, Minnesota · Anti-Tank Company, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 19, 1945
• PFC William J CitrowskeRamsey, Minnesota · Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 9, 1945
• PVT Wilbert E ClevelandPine, Minnesota · Company K, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• PFC James D ElmsRamsey, Minnesota · Company B, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 15, 1945
• PFC Jerome K GarveyLyon, Minnesota · Company D, 222nd Infantry Regiment · January 8, 1945
• TEC5 Bertill W HansonHennepin, Minnesota · Company G, 242nd Infantry Regiment · May 6, 1945
• TEC5 John R HeinzeHennepin, Minnesota · Headquarters, 42nd Division Artillery · April 7, 1945
• PVT William O HilleRice, Minnesota · Company E, 242nd Infantry Regiment · April 19, 1945
• PFC Richard B HinesMower, Minnesota · Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 25, 1945
• SGT Eugene E HingtgenAnoka, Minnesota · Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment · January 25, 1945
• PFC Werner A JahrRamsey, Minnesota · Company K, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 18, 1945
• TEC4 Elmer KittelsonMarshall, Minnesota · Company I, 232nd Infantry Regiment · March 25, 1945
• PFC Harold R KostkaItasca, Minnesota · Company L, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 8, 1945
• PFC LeGrand P KronlokkenRenville, Minnesota · Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 222nd Infantry Regiment · March 17, 1945
• 2LT John H LindbergHennepin, Minnesota · Company E, 232nd Infantry Regiment · April 24, 1945
• PFC Arthur J LindmeierHennepin, Minnesota · Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 16, 1945
• SGT Paul J SharichSt Louis, Minnesota · Company I, 232nd Infantry Regiment · January 5, 1945
• PFC Robert M SmithRamsey, Minnesota · Company B, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 31, 1945
• PFC Fred W TrankleHennepin, Minnesota · Company I, 242nd Infantry Regiment · March 2, 1945