Rogers, James "Jimmy" Lester, Pvt. (1920-1945)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1920-03-22 - 1945-10-03
Parallel Names
- Rice, James "Little Jimmy" Lester, Pvt.
Biographical Note
James "Jimmy" Lester Rogers (1920-1945) was the "illegitimate" son of Lizzie Rice. Bearing the name James Edward Rice at birth, he adopted the last name Rogers after his mother married Charlton Rogers in the 1930s. Jimmy became the foster son of his aunt Nannie when his mother died in 1938. He joined the Army in 1942 and served in England, France, and Germany as part of Company A and then Company B, 829th Engineer Aviation Battalion. He died in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in October 1945 and was buried in Lorraine American Military Cemetery near Avold, France.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Rice Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-021
Abstract
The Rice Family Papers include decades of letters to and from four generations of the decendents of Jerry Rice of Campbell County, Virginia. The majority of the letters were sent to Nannie Mae (Rice) Banks but there are also letters addressed to her father, Fletcher, her mother, Georgianna, and other members of the family. These letters document the experiences of this family from Southwest Virginia as they lived through, fought, and died in, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War...
Dates:
1892 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1962