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April 18, 2024

Winsted Post Office holds dedication ceremony for Chief Warrant Officer 2 James A. Rogers Jr.

What:

Chief Warrant Officer 2 James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office Renaming Event.

Who:

Speakers:
USPS Minnesota - North Dakota District Manager Angela Bye
Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach
Family Members

When:

Wednesday, April 24th at 1:00pm

Where:

Winsted Post Office
155 Main Ave W
Winsted, MN 55395

Background:

Senate Bill 3319 – To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, Minnesota, as the "James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office.”

James A. Rogers Jr. was born on June 23, 1991, in Madelia, Minnesota. He graduated from Saint James High School in 2010 and from Saint Cloud State University in December 2019.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rogers joined the Minnesota Army National Guard in June 2009 as a Field Artillery Automated Tactical Data System Specialist with the 1-125FA in New Ulm, Minnesota. He completed the Warrant Officer Basic course in May 2013 and was commissioned as a Warrant Officer 1, then attended UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama, completing it in August 2014.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rogers was deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from May 2011 to May 2012 and again from June 2018 to June 2019 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom/Inherent Resolve.

In 2019, Chief Warrant Officer 2 James A. Rogers Jr. lost his life alongside fellow Guardsmen Chief Warrant Officer 2 Charles P. Nord and W.O.C. Kort Plantenberg when their helicopter experienced a mid-flight mechanical failure near St. Cloud, MN.

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