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Personal info

Full name
GILMORE, Rollo
Date of birth
5 January 1916
Age
30
Place of birth
Ross, Butler County, Ohio
Hometown
Hancock County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35035465
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
4 February 1946
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Kenton Gilmore (father)
Lewis Brooks (stepfather)
Martha (Ford) Gilmore (mother)
Kenton Gilmore (brother)
Lewis Gilmore (brother)
James Gilmore (brother)
Lote Gilmore (brother)

More information

Pfc Rollo Gilmore was employed at the Hilltop Inn.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 8 August 1941 and was sent overseas in September 1943.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, WW2-Airborne.us, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.newspapers.com - Washington C.H. Record-Herald, WWII Draft Card, 1920 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Washington C.H. Record-Herald