I seek information about the death date and place of burial of James Paul Rogers, whose name appears on the Monument Square plaque (Jamestown KY) honoring Russell County soldiers who died or were killed during 20th century wars. His is the fourth (last) name in the middle column of World War One casualties. (I will be more than happy to send a scanned photo of the plaque to anyone who asks. If requesting via email, please use "Memorial Square plaque" as the subject line.) According to the "Registration of Veterans' Graves" for Russell County, James Paul Rogers died January 21, 1920 and was buried in an "unknown cemetery" in France. The appearance of his name on the World War One casualty list on the above-mentioned plaque and the 1920 date of death present a puzzling conundrum. Can anyone shed any light on the specific place burial; also, whether or not the death date given above is correct, and if so, why his name appears on the Memorial Square plaque? As stated in a response posted by Mr. Lester (Sept. 8) to a similar query, the name of another James Rogers appears on the plaque, this one in the World War Two section. However, his name was James C. Rogers, not James R. as erroneously recorded in "Russell County, Kentucky: History & Families," page 35. That his name was James C. is documented by his birth record, the 1920 and 1930 census records of Russell County, and the "World War Two Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Force Personnel." This James was the son of Henry C. & Aletha "Letha" (Karnes/Carnes). He died in the Hawaiian Islands on April 15, 1942, and his death was reported in the April 23, 1942 edition of the "Russell County News." Thanks, Jim

At 07:50 AM 9/14/05, Tucky wrote: >The appearance of his name on the World War One casualty list on the >above-mentioned plaque and the 1920 date of death present a puzzling >conundrum. It's possible that he was wounded in action, and lingered on for several years in a military hospital in France before succumbing. My father was wounded (lost his right index finger to a German machine-gun bullet) in October of 1918, but remained under treatment in Paris until around 1920 as the medics tried to save as much of the finger as possible. I'm sure he was not the only patient in such circumstances... -- Jim Kyle Proud Rootsweb contributor <a href="http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jkyleokc"> My WorldConnect tree</a> <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jimkyle/"> My family web pages</a> <a href="http://www.jimkyle.com"> My commercial web pages</a> <a href="mailto:jimkyle@acm.org"> My Email address</a> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.24/101 - Release Date: 9/13/05

Jim's Is it possible that John Paul Rogers would be buried at Mill Springs?? Marilyn