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Personal info

Full name
RODGERS, Hugh McKinnel
Date of birth
10 May 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36881762
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Engineer Combat Battalion,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Near Schevenhütte, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 58

Immediate family

Members
Edward Rodgers (father)
Jane (McKinnel) Rodgers (mother)
William Rodgers (brother)
Charles Rodgers (brother)
Hannah Rodgers (sister)
Edward Rodgers (brother)
Hugh Rodgers (brother)
Robertina Rodgers (sister)
Elizabeth Rodgers (sister)
Susan (Duris) Rodgers (wife)

More information

Pvt Hugh M. Rodgers was reported wounded in action the day before. He was overseas since April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, Kathy McDermott, Susan Linton, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Detroit News 20 December 1944