Title
Sergeant Fred Marchant
Subject
World War II
United States. Army
Description
According to the book Blocton: A History of an Alabama Coal Mining Town by Charles Adams, Sgt. Fred Marchant was died on June 14, 1944, from wounds he received while serving with the United States Army in France.
According to this record: Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Sgt. Marchant was the son of Mr. Fred Marchant of West Blocton and was the husband of Mrs. Dottie Marchant of Gastonia, North Carolina where Sgt Marchant had worked prior to the war.
A photo of Sgt. Marchant's grave can be found at this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49444519/fred-bridges-marchant.
According to this record: Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Sgt. Marchant was the son of Mr. Fred Marchant of West Blocton and was the husband of Mrs. Dottie Marchant of Gastonia, North Carolina where Sgt Marchant had worked prior to the war.
A photo of Sgt. Marchant's grave can be found at this site:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49444519/fred-bridges-marchant.
Source
Find A Grave
Date
June 14, 1944
Contributor
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Type
Book
Hyperlink
Identifier
2174
Coverage
Bibb County (AL)