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(courtesy of Anne Cady) |
Grave marker for Roger Arnold La
Guardia in Section 12, Site 289 of the Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington (Arlington County),
Virginia. Roger enlisted in
the Army on 17 June 1943 at Fort Myer, VA;.
After completion of jump school, Pvt La Guardia was
transferred to the 508th PIR on 23 July 1944as part
of the replacements needed following the regiment's
loses in Normandy. He was a
member of the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion
and participated in the Operation Market-Garden jump
into Holland on 17 September 1944. He was
medically evacuated as a non-battle casualty a month
later. By late November he was transferred to
the medical facility at Ft. Benning, GA for further
treatment. He lived in the Potomac, Maryland
area until his death.
Roger's wife Barbara [1923-1999] shares the grave
site. |
