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Personal info

Full name
RODGERS, Rodney Fleet
Date of birth
11 August 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Mosiertown, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33036076
Rank
Technician Third Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
776th Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 1 13

Immediate family

Members
James C. Rodgers (father)
Ola O. (Davis) Rodgers (mother)
Treva I. Rodgers (sister)
Eldora L. Rodgers (sister)
Sarah M. (Fitz) Rodgers (wife)
David W. Rodgers (son)

More information

T/3 Rodney F. Rodgers was employed at the Railway Express Agency before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 7 April 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his shoulders and chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compsensation Application File WWII / Hall Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - David Rodgers