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Personal info

Full name
ROHR, David W
Date of birth
6 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Newport County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
6136169
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 39

Immediate family

Members
Carl Rohr (father)
Elizabeth Rohr (mother)
Mary E Rohr (sister)
Benjamin Rohr (brother)
Emma Rohr (sister)
Augusta Rohr (brother)
Margaret Rohr (sister)
Anna Rohr (sister)
Sophie Rohr (sister)
Esther E. (West) Rohr (wife)
Janice Rohr (daughter)
David G. Rohr (son)
Audrey Rohr (daughter)

More information

Pvt David W. Rohr enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 1 November 1943.

He attended high school for 2 years and was a stock clerk before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Rhode Island, State Censuses, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, United States Census, 1930/1940
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Astrid