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Personal info

Full name
DESROCHERS, Rodolphe
Date of birth
14 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31423671
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
Saarlautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Jane C. (LeComte) Desrochers (wife)
Robert R. Desrochers (son)

More information

Pvt Rodolphe Desrochers enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 12 October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - LeComte Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman, www.ancestry.com - TRiley