Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a William W. Rogers i te Hakihea 25, 1893, i Thorntown, Indiana. Whai muri i tana kura i nga kura o te rohe, i puta ia me te tohu Paetahi Pūtaiao mai i te Whare Wananga o Miami i Oxford, Ohio, i te 1914. I muri mai ka uru ia ki te Marine Corps i te Pipiri 30, 1917, ka tukuna ki te Kamupene Matua, 6th Marine Regiment. I uru tuatahi a Rogers ki ngā mahi whakangungu i te taha o Toulon, ā, i muri mai hei kaitiaki i te
Te Pakanga o Belleau Wood me te Pakanga o Soissons i te raumati o 1918. I whawhai ia me te rereketanga me te whiwhi i tana komihana pakanga ki te tuarua tuarua i te Akuhata 16, 1918.