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Personal info

Full name
ROGERS, Robert Michael
Date of birth
6 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Keasbey, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12131939
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 10 20

Immediate family

Members
Michael Rogers (father)
Mary Rogers (mother)
Henry Rogers (brother)
Ernestine J. Rogers (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Robert M. Rogers was employed as a carpenter.

He enlisted on 26 August 1942 in Camden, New Jersey.

His name is engraved on the local War Memorial Monument in Keasbey and his picture is on the wall of the local Volunteer Fire House.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Shef Fisco, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, Market Garden, www.fold3.com, http://www.ww2airborne.us/units/506/506_honor_pr.html, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Market Garden, Shef Fisco, http://old.506infantry.org