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ROGERS, Julian Harold - Date of
birth
20 September 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Indiana -
Hometown
Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35093703 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 November 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Vossenack-Schmidt, Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten -
Walls of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
Julian K. Rogers (father)
Mabel (Erton) Rogers (mother)
Philip Rogers (brother)
Phyllis Rogers (sister)
Elsie A. (Marlin) Rogers (wife)
Connie D. Rogers (daughter)
More information
Pfc Julian H. Rogers graduated from Bloomington High School and worked with his father-in-law, R. H. Marlin, a contractor.He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 18 February 1943.
He enlisted in February 1943 and was sent overseas in March 1944.
In 2007, a German citizen searching for wartime relics in the Hürtgen Forest uncovered human remains and military identification tags for Pfc Rogers. He notified U.S. officials and a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) team excavated the site later that year. The team recovered human remains and non-biological material. Pfc Rogers' remains were positively identified in the fall of 2008. He was buried with full military honors in the spring of 2009 at Arlington National Cemetery.
Source of information: Danny van der Groen, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Jim Bohn / Sue, www.wwiimemorial.com – Connie Conrad, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura Phillips / Sue / Jim Bohn