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Personal info

Full name
ROSENBERGER, James Henry
Date of birth
11 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Watervliet, Albany County, New York
Hometown
Watervliet, Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
32226861
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 44 23

Immediate family

Members
William F. Rosenberger (father)
Margaret (Lowes) Rosenberger (mother)
William F. Rosenberger (brother)
Harold C. Rosenberger (brother)
Thomas E. Rosenberger (brother)
Lancelot Rosenberger (brother)
John W. Rosenberger (brother)

More information

Pfc James H. Rosenberger graduated from Watervliet High School in 1939 and employed by Montgomery Ward Company.

He enlisted at Camp Upton, New York on 12 March 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Troy Record 29 March 1945, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Troy Record 29 March 1945