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Personal info

Full name
RODGERS, Walter Willard
Date of birth
25 December 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas
Hometown
Pueblo County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37703004
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 2 11

Immediate family

Members
Charles D. Rodgers (father)
Hattie M. (Northway) Rodgers (mother)
Bertha M. Rodgers (sister)
Charles H. Rodgers (brother)
Harry C. Rodgers (brother)
Clarence W. Rodgers (brother)
Lillian A. (Markwart) Rodgers (wife)

More information

Pvt Walter W. Rodgers enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 12 July 1943.

He was first buried at Block DD, Row 9, Grave 206.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / Prisoner of War Records, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – Davis Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com – Davis Family Tree