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Personal info

Full name
BROCKROGGE, Walter W
Date of birth
28 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois
Hometown
East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36672862
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Near Homécourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 33

Immediate family

Members
William G. Brockrogge (father)
Sadie Brockrogge (mother)
Arthur Brockrogge (brother)
Marion Brockrogge (sister)
Doris Brockrogge (sister)
Jerry Brockrogge (brother)
Lavonne (Allen) Brockrogge (wife)
Sharon C. Brockrogge (daughter)

More information

Pfc Walter W. Brockrogge was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Whittle Allen Tree / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Dispatch Illinois - 3 October 1944

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Dispatch Illinois - 3 October 1944