Advertisement

Joe Edgar Rodgers

Advertisement

Joe Edgar Rodgers Veteran

Birth
Augusta, Houston County, Texas, USA
Death
21 May 1971 (aged 51)
Weches, Houston County, Texas, USA
Burial
Weches, Houston County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
CPL Joe Rodgers, son of Mr & Mrs Marshall Rodgers, Weches, attended Copperas Springs School. Entered Army, 1939. Trained at Fort Lewis, Washington. Served in the Phillipines. Captured in Bataan. POW three and half years. Awarded GCM, Dist Unit Badge, 2 Bronze Stars, Phil. Def.. Victory Ribbons and Purple Heart. Wounded in 1941. Discharged in 1946.
CPL Joe Rodgers, son of Mr & Mrs Marshall Rodgers, Weches, attended Copperas Springs School. Entered Army, 1939. Trained at Fort Lewis, Washington. Served in the Phillipines. Captured in Bataan. POW three and half years. Awarded GCM, Dist Unit Badge, 2 Bronze Stars, Phil. Def.. Victory Ribbons and Purple Heart. Wounded in 1941. Discharged in 1946.

Inscription

TX Cpl 19 Air Base Sq AAF WW II



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement