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Sgt. Norman L.
Rigdon, formerly of Farmington, was reported killed in action on Dec. 25, 1944, in the
European Theatre. He entered service on April
19, 1943, at Jefferson Barracks.
He was sent to Fort Leonard
Wood for three months after which he took an engineering course at the Nebraska State
University at Lincoln, Neb., for nine months. At
the end of this period, he was transferred to the U.S. Infantry and sent to Camp Rucker,
Ala.
He went overseas in
November 1944 and was in England until the latter part of December.
VFW Post 5896 in
Farmington is named in his memory.
{The Daily Journal, St. Francois Co.,
Wednesday, April 26, 1995} |
