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Personal info

Full name
RHOADS, George Faye
Date of birth
7 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-361413
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
Rémanois Forest, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 28 50

Immediate family

Members
Ralph W. Rhoads (father)
Catherine F. (Powers) Rhoads (mother)
Priscilla E. Rhoads (sister)
Miriam F. Rhoads (sister)
Elsie H. Rhoads (sister)
Palmyra (Hunt) Rhoads (1st wife)
Elizabeth (Kados) Rhoads (2nd wife)
Nancy Rhoads (daughter)
George Rhoads (son)

More information

Capt George F. Rhoads was a graduate of Roosevelt Junior High School and was employed by the General Baking Company before he joined the National Guard on 29 September 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census / U.S. Select Military Registers / June Rhoads Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Central New Jersey Home News 22 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Central New Jersey Home News 22 November 1944