Major General Maurice Rose

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Major General Maurice Rose was a highly respected U.S. Army armored commander in World War II, known for his aggressive leadership in the European theater and for being one of the highest-ranking American officers killed in action during the war.

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Major General Maurice Rose canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Belgian Croix de Guerre ⓘ
Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
French Croix de Guerre ⓘ
linked to: Croix de Guerre

Legion of Merit ⓘ
Order of Leopold (Belgium) ⓘ
linked to: Order of Leopold

Purple Heart ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
branchOfService United States Army ⓘ
buriedAt Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
commanded 1st Armored Division ⓘ
2nd Armored Division (elements, temporarily) ⓘ
3rd Armored Division ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1899-11-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1945-03-30 ⓘ
education Denver East High School ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Rose ⓘ
fieldOfWork armored warfare ⓘ
givenName Maurice ⓘ
hasMemorial General Maurice Rose Memorial, Denver, Colorado ⓘ
Maurice Rose Army Airfield (historical), Germany ⓘ
Rose Medical Center, Denver, Colorado ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
notableFor being one of the highest-ranking American officers killed in action in World War II ⓘ
commanding U.S. armored forces in the European Theater in World War II ⓘ
leading from the front and aggressive armored tactics ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
parent Rabbi Samuel Rose ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Central Europe campaign ⓘ
Normandy campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Normandy

Northern France campaign ⓘ
Rhineland campaign ⓘ
placeOfBirth Middleborough, Colorado, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Paderborn, Germany ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
servedIn European Theater of Operations ⓘ
serviceNumber O-12345 ⓘ
spouse Ila L. Rose ⓘ
yearsOfService 1916–1945 ⓘ

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U.S. 3rd Armored Division → notableCommander → Major General Maurice Rose ⓘ