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Personal info

Full name
FERGUSON, John Henry Irvin Jr
Date of birth
17 March 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33947476
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Bellevaux, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 10 15

Immediate family

Members
John H. I. Ferguson (father)
Mabel G. (Daveler) Ferguson (mother)
Nancy J. Ferguson (sister)
Robert E. Ferguson (brother)
Kenneth D. Ferguson (brother)
Sloan E. Ferguson (sister)

More information

Pvt John H. I. Ferguson Jr. enlisted in June 1944, after graduating from the McCaskey High School. He was sent overseas in December 1944 and was killed when he was only 13 days in Europe.

He is remembered at the Riverview Burial Park in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Lancaster New Era 7 December 1945, WWII Draft Cards, 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com