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Personal info

Full name
ROGERS, James Erwin
Date of birth
13 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Spartanburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33950571
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 11 6

Immediate family

Members
Austin E. Rogers (father)
Myrna E. Rogers (mother)
Charles W. Rogers (brother)
Walter C. Rogers (brother)
Isabell R. Rogers (sister)
Harold J. Rogers (brother)
Gladys I. Rogers (sister)
George L. Rogers (brother)
Evelyn M. Rogers (sister)
Irene M. Rogers (sister)
Gerald E. Rogers (brother)

More information

Pvt James E. Rogers enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 24 June 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

He was taken prisoner and died of his wounds in a German field hospital or prisoner camp. The exact location is not known.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Rogers Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Records

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