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Personal info

Full name
ROGERS, Jefferson Smith
Date of birth
21 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Whitley County, Kentucky
Hometown
Hardin, Marshall County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
6985779
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Near Rothenbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 16 26

Immediate family

Members
James M. Rogers (father)
Laura B. (Hart) Rogers (mother)
Martha J. Rogers (sisters)
William R. Rogers (brother)
Mary E. Rogers (sister)
Steely S. Rogers (brother)
Alex Rogers (brother)
Jean D. (Lyttle) Rogers (wife)
Jefferson S. Rogers Jr. (son)

More information

Pvt Jefferson S. Rogers attended college before he joined the Regular Army on 17 October 1939.

He was killed by a sniper.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Steely Tinny Wallace Tree, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com - Coleman, www.newspapers.com - The Courier Journal - 9 September 1945
Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - Robinsarbee