103rd Cactus Division

 

PFC Wilson F. Rodgers was from the state of Washington.

 

Rodgers was called to service from the ASTP program at Texas A&M.  He trained at Camp Fannin before joining the 409^th, K-Company.  The 409^th relieved the 3^rd Division at Chevry, France on November 9, 1944. 

 

PFC Rodgers was KIA attacking a German machine gun position in the assault upon Taintrux and the surrounding hill mass toward St. Die on November 16, 1944.  For his valor, he received the Distinguished Service Cross.

 

PFC Rodgers rests in honor at the Epinal American Cemetery