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Personal info

Full name
WOLFE, Roger Herman
Date of birth
20 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York
Hometown
Forestville, Chautauqua County, New York

Military service

Service number
42110623
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 28 85

Immediate family

Members
Leslie Wolfe (father)
Bernice Wolfe (mother)
Lyle Wolfe (brother)

More information

Pfc Roger H. Wolfe attended high school for three years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 27 March 1944.

He was taken prisoner and died of meningitis and pneumonia.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: -, Dunkirk Evening Observer - 20 August 1945