Name:
Ferris Leon Wharton
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
16303
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-21
State:
Delaware
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot:
Section 34
Row:
Grave:
Site 4417
Decoration:
Comments:
Ferris Leon Wharton was born on May 8, 1915. He was the son of Ferris Bringhurst Wharton Sr. and Mary Ellen Gray Wharton. He was married to Dorothy Eleanor West Maclary.
He served in the Weapons Company, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a First Lieutenant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 21, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.