George Roscoe was born in 1913 to Andrew and Dora Roscoe who lived on West Emmett Street in Phoenixville , Pennsylvania.  His parents emigrated from Czechoslovakia: his father in 1895, his mother in 1900.  His father worked at Phoenixville Steel Company. George was the younger of two children: Joseph and George.

George attended Phoenixville Schools and was a member of the Sacred Heart Church, located at 148 Church Street.  He was also a volunteer of Friendship Fire Company. George married Genevieve Stevens.

He obtained employment at the Valley Forge General Hospital ( pictured at right), which opened on Washington’s Birthday in 1944.  It was the largest Military Hospital in the country, capable of treating over 3,000 patients, in over 100 buildings.  Located just south of Phoenixville on Bridge Street, today it is the Valley Forge Christian College.

George was drafted into the Army and entered service on April 6, 1944. He received basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and was sent overseas to the European Theater of Operations (ETO) in September.  George was assigned to the 47^th Armored Infantry Battalion, 5^th Armored Division.  George’s Division had landed at Utah Beach, Normandy, on July 24^th and entered combat on August 2^nd.   In September George’s division began a 130 mile drive across France from Paris to Belgium.  The division advanced 100 miles through enemy territory in 8 hours!

Private George J. Roscoe was Killed In Action on December 3, 1944, in Belgium.

He is buried at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium.

In his last letter home, he wrote that he was in Belgium for a rest.

Besides his wife, George was survived by three children: George Junior (10 years old at the time), Jenna (8) and Leo (6).

His brother, Joseph, served in the Navy during the war.