Rogers, Harold E.
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the body of Tec Sergeant Harold E. Rogers, who was killed while serving with the 18th Air Force in a mission over Budapest Hungary, in July 1944, arrived in Miami Saturday for final rites and re-burial. Sergeant Rogers, a resident of Miami during his early school days, was the recipient of the air Medal with nine Oak Leaf clusters, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart, the latter posthumously. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. RaMere Rogers, Hollywood California; and two brothers, Robert Rogers and Hubert Hardy, whose addresses are not known here. Funeral services will be held at the Cooper funeral home chapel at 2 pm Tuesday. Russell Martin will officiate. Miami's Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct a graveside service. Chief Watson Whitewing of the Seneca Indian Tribe will be in charge of second graveside ceremony at the G.A.R. cemetery.
Miami News Record — Miami, OK
Jan 16 1949 · p.1 · col.6
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