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Floyd Lafayette ROGERS

Floyd Lafayette ROGERS

Male 1919 - 1944  (24 years)

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  • Name Floyd Lafayette ROGERS 
    Birth 29 Nov 1919  Rising Star, Eastland, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 13 Mar 1920  Justice Precinct 7, Eastland, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 21 Apr 1930  Justice Precinct 7, Eastland, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Military Enlistment 1937  [5] 
    News 24 Aug 1937  Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 19 Apr 1940  Justice Precinct 7, Eastland, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 12 Jul 1944  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 8] 
    Obituary 18 Aug 1947  Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial 18 Dec 1947  Rising Star, Eastland, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Rising Star Hero Buried

      RISING STAR, Dec. 18.-(RNS)— Funeral services were held a 3:00 a.m. Thursday at the local Church of Christ for Floyd Rogers, who lost his life in action during the invasion of France in fighting around Si Lo. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rogers, now residing in Brownwood. He was born and reared on a farm near Rising Star. He was a private first class at the time of his death. Stories in Stars and Stripes and Yank credit him with killing 27 Germans, mostly snipers, for which he was awarded the silver star. Interment was in Rising Star cemetery with military rites by Floyd Rogers Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, which was named in his honor.
    Obituary 27 Jan 1956  Brownwood, Brown, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Obituary of Annabelle (Boyd) Rogers
    Person ID I2197  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021 

    Father Joseph Lafayette ROGERS,   b. 24 Sep 1889, Oakland, Marion, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1963, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Annabelle Martha BOYD,   b. 15 Jan 1899, Utica, Hinds, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1956, Brownwood, Brown, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1920 
    Family ID F372  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1614] DB: Headstone Applications, 1925-1963, entry for Floyd L. Rogers (1919-1944), serial no. 18038434.
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    2. [S20] Texas, Eastland, Birth Certificates, birth certificate no. 53739 (1919), Floyd L. Rogers; FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 20 May 2015).
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    3. [S1315] CENSUS: U.S., 1920 Texas, Eastland, Justice Precinct 7; 121; sheet 4A; dwelling 58, family 65; Joseph L. Rogers, with Anabell (sic) M and Floyd L.; 9 May 2009.
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    4. [S1329] CENSUS: U.S., 1930 Texas, Eastland, Justice Precinct 7; 67-33; sheet 9B; dwelling 183, family 183; Joseph L. Rogers, with Annie B, Floyd L, Bessie M, and Josie; 9 May 2009.
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    5. [S1057] NEWS: Abilene Reporter-News, Hero Killed; death announcement; 18 August 1947; Floyd L. Rogers, p. 23.
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    6. [S1057] NEWS: Abilene Reporter-News, West Texas Trio Enlists in Army; news; 24 August 1937; Floyd L. Rogers, p. 3.
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    7. [S1339] CENSUS: U.S., 1940 Texas, Eastland, Justice Precinct 7; 67-32; sheet 10A; household 191; Joseph L. Rogers, with Annie Belle, Floyd L, Bessie M, and Josie A; 21 November 2015.
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    8. [S1162] NEWS: The Times, Soldier Credited With Slaying 27 Nazis Killed; 18 August 1944; Floyd L. Rogers, p. 10; 30 December 2017.
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    9. [S1057] NEWS: Abilene Reporter-News, Rising Star Hero Buried; burial announcement; 19 December 1947; Floyd L. Rogers, p. 1.
      FLOYD ROGERS . Killed 27 Germans Rising Star Hero Buried

      RISING STAR, Dec. 18.-(RNS)— Funeral services were held a 3:00 a.m. Thursday at the local Church of Christ for Floyd Rogers, who lost his life in action during the invasion of France in fightng around Si Lo. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rogers, now residing in Brownwood. He was born and reared on a farm near Rising Star. He was a private first class at the time of his death. Stories in Stars and Stripes and Yank credit him with killing 27 Germans, mostly snipers, for which he was awarded the silver star. Interment was in Rising Star cemetery with military rites by Floyd Rogers Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, which was named in his honor.
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