Veterans' Memorial Project

John Francis Ferguson

Greenville, IL

World War II

College: Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences

Graduation Year: 1942

Service Branch: Air Force

Rank: Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 03/26/1922

Date of Death: 07/19/1945

Affiliations: Tau Nu Tau

Lt. Ferguson was First Pilot of a B-29, killed in a plane crash while finishing his training at Alamogordo, New Mexico. He had been in the Army Air Forces a little more than 3 years. He is buried at Reno Bethel Cemetery, Reno, Illinois.

-taken from Illinois Alumni News, September, 1945, and University and public records

Submit additional information or comments
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

University of Illinois Alumni Association
University of Illinois Alumni Association,
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
601 S. Lincoln Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
800-355-2586 | (217) 333-1471
Design & Development by VE Websites