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Personal info

Full name
WAGNER, Roger Peter
Date of birth
4 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37595004
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Near Stiring-Wendel, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 16 18

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. Wagner (father)
Mary A. (Hadac) Wagner (mother)
Donald Wagner (brother)

More information

Pfc Roger P. Wagner attended South High School for three years.

He enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 17 May 1944. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / David Shuss Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune Minnesota 1945
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Shawn Borges