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ROLPH, Robert Cowan - Date of
birth
8 February 1922 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Whittier, Los Angeles County, California -
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
14115904 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 February 1945 - Place of
death
Haverhof, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 9 | 8 |
Immediate family
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Members
Samuel W. Rolph (father)
Viola H. (Hopf) Rolph (mother)
Samuel W. Rolph (brother)
More information
Cadet Company D (Source Sphinx 1943). He attended the Military College of South Carolina in Charleston.Rolph was a student of The Citadel and would have graduated in 1946. He was a member of Battery C, 2nd AntiAircraft Training Battalion, Fort Eustis, Virginia, June 1943.
S/Sgt Robert C. Rolph first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Block I, Row 4, Grave 90.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Mart Janssen, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://thecitadelmemorialeurope.wordpress.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records / James Family Tree
Photo source: www.citadel.edu, Roger Long, http://www.thecitadelmemorialeurope.org/?p=3709 - Rolph Family