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Personal info

Full name
ROGERS, Charles Harold
Date of birth
22 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
South Bend, St Joseph County, Indiana
Hometown
White County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15382512
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Ooijpolder, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 2 12

Immediate family

Members
Harold K. Rogers (father)
Edith (Phoebus) Rogers (mother)
Lois J. Smith (fiancé)

More information

T/5 Charles H. Rogers graduated from Monon High School in 1942.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 5 December 1942.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, Indiana Birth Certificates

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Jean Louis Vijgen, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/508/508.html