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Personal info

Full name
FLAGG, Ferd Charles
Date of birth
29 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
Hometown
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31401469
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
272nd Infantry Regiment,
69th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 April 1945
Place of death
Leipzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 17 11

Immediate family

Members
Ferd L. Flagg (father)
Emma V. (Ramsey) Flagg (mother)
Jeanette L. Flagg (sister)
Shirley A. Flagg (sister)
William J. Flagg (brother)
Beverly R. Flagg (sister)
Marvil B. Flagg (brother)
Paul V. Flagg (brother)
Barbara E. Flagg (sister)
Philip A. Flagg (brother)
Jacqueline Flagg (sister)
Rosalie P. (Hadley) Flagg (wife)
Pollyanne Flagg (daughter)
Douglas Flagg (son)

More information

Pfc Ferd C. Flagg enlisted in Portland, Maine on 1 August 1944.

He was a Bangor High School student. In the refrigeration business; shipbuilder. He was a member the Maine State Guard. He was married to Rosalie P. Hadley on Saturday, 28 October 1939 in Bangor, Maine. Ferd was fatally wounded on 18 April 1945 near Leipzig and died of wounds on 21 April 1945. He was first buried at Breuna American Cemetery. He was one of four brothers who served during the war.

Source of information: André Koch, Leigh Smith, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Maine, Birth Records, http://69th-infantry-division.com,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Leigh Smith