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Personal info

Full name
ROCQUE, Francis Louis
Date of birth
2 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Grand Isle, Grand Isle County, Vermont
Hometown
Grand Isle County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
6121975
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siegen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 5 10

Immediate family

Members
Frank L. Rocque (father)
Nettie B. (Dewyea) Rocque (mother)
Elsie Rocque (sister)
Howard Rocque (brother)

More information

Sgt Francis L. Rocque joined the Regular Army on 25 September 1939.

He was wounded in action in September 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, Vermont Birth Records

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lucille B Campbell - Grand Isle, VT Historical Society