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Personal info

Full name
CODERRE, Roland Albert
Date of birth
16 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31284757
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Scheidgen, Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 13 30

Immediate family

Members
Andrew J. Coderre (father)
Eva (St.Jean) Coderre (mother)
Irene B. Coderre (sister)

More information

Sgt Roland A. Coderre graduated from Chicopee Trade School and was working as a welder for the Worthington Corporation.

He enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 16 February 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Cloutier J. Philip Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Transcript-Telegram - 17 November 1945