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Personal info

Full name
ROGERS, Gerald Orr
Date of birth
27 March 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas
Hometown
Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37750172
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
21 September 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 20 17

Immediate family

Members
Elva V. Rogers (father)
Martha F. (Linthicum) Rogers (mother)
Vance E. Rogers (brother)
Cloyes Rogers (brother)

More information

Pfc Gerald O. Rogers graduated from Pittsburgh High School in 1944 and was employed at Pittsburg Elevator Company.

He enlisted on 17 August 1944 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He joined his unit from a replacement depot on 1 March 1945 and was promoted to Private First Class on 13 April 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Pittsburgh (Kansas) High School yearbook, 1943