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Personal info

Full name
ROGERS, Donald Eugene
Date of birth
24 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Matthews, New Madrid County, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37412557
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
771st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 20 9

Immediate family

Members
Marion L. Rogers (father)
Grace H. (Allen) Rogers (mother)
Kenneth L. Rogers (brother)
Hazel A. Rogers (sister)
Clifford Rogers (brother)

More information

Pvt Rogers was employed by a trucking firm

He enlisted in January 1943.

Source of information: FOHF, The Southeast Missourian - 9 March 1945, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Southeast Missourian - 9March 1945