- SURNAME
Ferguson
- FORENAME
James Thomas
- UNIT
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
32237084
- AWARD
Bronze Star
- PLACE
Mediterranean & European Theater
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 22.07.1918 Newark, New Jersey, USA
4 years high school
civil occupation semiskilled occupations in fabrication of metal products
employed by Cosgrove Wire Weaving Company, 112 Ralph Street, Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey
resided 56 Van Houten Place, Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey (draft card)
16.10.1940 draft card Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey
single without dependents upon enlistment
13.02.1942 entered service Fort Dix, New Jersey
25.09.1945 discharged
23.06.1946 married Norma Louise (nee Pachor)
employed as Machinist, Bendix Corporation, Eatontown
1 son, 3 daughters
last residence 517 Sewell Avenue, Ashbury Park, New Jersey
died 15.04.1965 (Aged 46) (due burns after house fire)
Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA. Plot U, O, 183H
Note headstone states 507th. Also 2nd Bronze Star mentioned.
CITATION:
Bronze Star : For meritorious service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States during the period 9 July 1943 to 8 May 1945 in the MEDITERRANEAN and EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS.
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/643950/james-thomas-ferguson
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