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Personal info

Full name
ROSH, Emory Edward
Date of birth
12 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Windsor, York County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Felton, York County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33243514
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Vermont-La Broque, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 27 41

Immediate family

Members
Charles H. Rosh (father)
Vergie J. (Cooper) Rosh (mother)
Charles H. Rosh (brother)
Clarence A. Rosh (brother)
Pauline V. Rosh (sister)
Carl J. Rosh (brother)
Dale M. Rosh (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Emory E. Rosh was employed by the Colonial Products Co. before he enlisted.

He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 26 October 1942 and was sent overseas in March 1943.

In February 1944, in Italy, he was hospitalized for frost bite at his feet. He was discharged in April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the leg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy/Cigi