War: WWII
Last Name: Ferguson
First Name: Charles
Middle Name or Initial: D
Sex: M
County: Kanawha
Community: Charleston, West Virginia
Branch of Service: Army
Rank: Private
Service Number: 35733585
Date of Death: 23 June 1944
Place of Death: France
Cause of Death: KIA
Place of Burial: Arlington National Cemetery
Unit: Engineer Combat Battalion of 8th Infantry
Father: Laton D. Ferguson
Source: Newspaper Clipping.
Notes: File contains a death notice from the Charleston Gazette 25 August 1944
FERGUSON, CHARLES D
PVT AGF – INF USA WW II INF
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 06/23/1944
DATE OF INTERMENT: 09/10/1948
BURIED AT: SECTION 12 SITE 4938
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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