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Personal info

Full name
ROHRBAUGH, Clarence Edward
Date of birth
17 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Millers, Carroll County, Maryland
Hometown
Millers, Carroll County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33559281
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Rauwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 15 38

Immediate family

Members
Roswell C. Rohrbaugh (father)
Gertie E. (Schriner) Rohrbaugh (mother)
Harry J. Rohrbaugh (brother)
Kenneth R. Rohrbaugh (brother)
Ethel L. (Detter) Rohrbaugh (wife)
Larry Rohrbaugh (son)

More information

Sgt Clarence E. Rohrbaugh attended high school for four years and was employed at the Greenmount Canning Company before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 23 February 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in his back.

His brother Harry also served in Europe.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Shipley Wilson Zinkham Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.wwiimemorial.com – Charles I Miller