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Personal info

Full name
FERRIS, Harold Carhart Jr
Date of birth
28 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hometown
Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42117647
Rank
Private
Function
Driver
Unit
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Harold C. Ferris (father)
Minnie (Comstock) Ferris (mother)
Eleanor Ferris (sister)
Margaret M. Ferris (sister)
Edith Ferris (sister)
Erna P. (Dorrell) Ferris (wife)

More information

Pvt Harold C. Ferris Jr. graduated from Passaic High School and was employed at the Wright Aeronautical Corporation before he enlisted on 29 April 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ubini Tree / New Jersey Marriage Index / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The News 13 December 1944
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks