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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, Rodgers James "Bobo"
Date of birth
15 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Warren County, North Carolina
Hometown
Warren County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
44010726
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 8 28

Immediate family

Members
Perry Harris (father)
Lizzie Harris (mother)
Pearl E. (Wrenn) Harris (wife)
James L. Harris (son)

More information

Pvt Rodgers J. Harris attended high school for 1 year and was a driver before he enlisted in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 21 August 1944.

He is remembered at the Cemetery in Warren County, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / NC Hight Tree / North Carolina Marriage Records, www.findagrave.com, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - VCH