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Personal info

Full name
ROGAN, Charles John
Date of birth
13 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36216316
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 1 10

Immediate family

Members
George Rogan (father)
Teresa Rogan (mother)
Elizabeth Rogan (sister)
Teresa Rogan (sister)
Richard G. Rogan (brother)
Gil Rogan (brother)
Elsie T. Rogan (sister)

More information

Pfc Charles J. Rogan attended Lincoln High School.

He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 21 July 1941.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands.

The picture was taken in high school in 1933.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Maripat Collins (grand niece), www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lincoln High School (Milwaukee, WI) yearbook, 1933