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Personal info

Full name
ROGERS, Deairl John
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Briggs, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Madison County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16075663
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
63rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Longchamps or Compogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 9 7

Immediate family

Members
James E. Rogers (father)
Nellie F. (Myres) Rogers (mother)
Harvey E. Rogers (half-brother)
William W. Rogers (brother)
Henrietta Rogers (sister)
Samuel E. Rogers (brother)
Irney L. Fawbush (half-brother)
Nellie M. Fawbush (half-sister)
Constance E. Rogers (wife)

More information

Pfc Deairl J. Rogers enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 27 October 1942.

Pfc Rogers brother, Lt William W. Rogers, was killed in Germany in 1944 and is buried at Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial in Neupré, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, www.11tharmoreddivision.com - https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Teport, 63rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Photo source: Peter Schouteten - www.findagrave.com - Gene Beals/Sunnyann, Rev. John Rogers