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FERGUSON, Lafayette J - Date of
birth
9 April 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio -
Hometown
Cross Creek, Jefferson County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35071238 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
17 March 1945 - Place of
death
Koblenz, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 33 | 40 |
Immediate family
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Members
Lafayette Ferguson Sr. (father)
Florence (Smith) Ferguson (mother)
Theodore S. Ferguson (brother)
Emery W. Ferguson (brother)
Leroy C. Ferguson (brother)
Kenneth E. Ferguson (brother)
Eilene G. Ferguson (sister)
Robert Ferguson (brother)
Olga (Eroshevich) Ferguson (wife)
Ronald Ferguson (son)
Donald Ferguson (son)
More information
S/Sgt Lafayette J. Ferguson was a salesman for the General Baking Company before he enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 7 March 1944.Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Shelley Graham Beatty Family Tree, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
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