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Personal info

Full name
FERGUSON, Lloyd Gibson
Date of birth
8 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Pace, Santa Rosa County, Florida
Hometown
Escambia County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34912494
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 8 48

Immediate family

Members
William H. Ferguson (father)
Mary A. (Bobe) Ferguson (mother)
William K. Ferguson (brother)
A. Clinton Ferguson (brother)
Aline C. Ferguson (sister)
Ruth M. Ferguson (sister)
Marguerit U. Ferguson (sister)
Natalie (Lambert) Ferguson (wife)
Michael L. Ferguson (son)

More information

Pfc Lloyd G. Ferguson enlisted in Camp Blanding, Florida on 8 June 1944. He had attempted to join the Navy earlier but was declared 4F because he had flat feet. The Army accepted him later when he tried again.

His son competed nationally for an appointment to West Point under the Sons of Deceased Veterans allocation and was one of 13 selected in 1956. He attended West Point and went on to become a Brigadier General with the U.S. Army.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / Florida Marriages, 1830-1993, Brigadier General Michael L Ferguson bio

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com - Cathy Ferguson