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Personal info

Full name
ROLKE, William August
Date of birth
26 May 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Amelia, Clermont County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35461154
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rimschweiler-Zweibrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 42 19

Immediate family

Members
Gustav C. Rolke (father)
Pauline (Matzmohr) Rolke (mother)
Gustav J. Rolke (brother)
Henry C. Rolke (brother)
Helen L. Rolke (sister)
Molly (Garrah) Rolke (wife)

More information

T/5 William A. Rolke was an architect employed by the Laub & Collins road contractors.

He enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 6 July 1942 and was sent overseas in December 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head and thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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