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Personal info

Full name
ROGERS, Robert Richard Sr
Date of birth
26 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35920851
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Kressbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 21 24

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Rogers (father)
Myrtle H. (Schutt) Rogers (mother)
Virginia R. Rogers (sister)
Winifred G. (Jacobson) Rogers (wife)
Faith Rogers (daughter)
Robert R. Rogers Jr. (son)
David Rogers (son)

More information

Pvt Robert R. Rogers Sr. was graduated from West Tech High School and attended college. He was a commercial artist before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 5 November 1943. He had been overseas for two months when he was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Quillin Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - kim, www.newspapers.com - The Cleveland Press - 26 April 1945