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Personal info

Full name
FERGUSON, Charles Reginald
Date of birth
24 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida
Hometown
Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida

Military service

Service number
O1309238
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
Lorey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 7 23

Immediate family

Members
Charles R. Ferguson (father)
Bessie (Smith) Ferguson (mother)
May B. Ferguson (sister)
Elsie C. Ferguson (sister)
Augustus J. Ferguson (brother)
Dorothy B. Ferguson (sister)
Leona R. (Landolt) Ferguson (wife)

More information

1st Lt Charles R. Ferguson graduated from Miami Senior High School before he enlisted. He was sent overseas in February 1944.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / The Roots of my Raising Run Deep, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Miami Harold Florida 1 October 1944
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Miami Harold Florida 1 October 1944