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Personal info

Full name
RHODES, John Alex II
Date of birth
6 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Atlanta, Georgia
Hometown
Georgia

Military service

Service number
34827867
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 6 17

Immediate family

Members
Alma Rhodes (mother)

More information

Pvt John A. Rhodes II enlisted at Fort McPherson Georgia on 27 August 1943.

He is remembered at Riverdale Cemetery in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia.

Source of information: Tjarco Schuurman, Sheree Dowdle, NARA, WW2Memorial, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com