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Personal info

Full name
DE ROCHA, Francis James
Date of birth
14 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42141478
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Differten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 30 47

Immediate family

Members
Annabelle L. De Rocha (wife)

More information

Pvt Francis J. De Rocha enlisted at Ft. Dix, New Jersey on 18 May 1944.

He worked in a foundry before he enlisted.

He was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S Social Security Death Index / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, the 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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