| 词条 | Geoffrey Cheney Ferris | ||||||||
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|name=Geoffrey Cheney Ferris |birth_date= {{Birth date|1918|4|8}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1943|5|7|1918|4|8}} |birth_place= New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |death_place=Beja, Tunisia |placeofburial= Long Island National Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York, U.S. |placeofburial_label= |image= |nickname=Jeff |allegiance={{Flagu|United States of America|1943|size=23px}} |branch={{Army|United States|size=23px}} |serviceyears= 1941–1943 |rank= Second Lieutenant (US) |commands= |unit={{Flagicon image|Flag_of_the_United_States_Army_1st_Infantry_Division.svg|size=23px}} 6th Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division |battles=Operation Torch, World War II |awards= Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star Purple Heart }} Geoffrey Cheney Ferris (April 8, 1918 – May 7, 1943) was a United States Army soldier during World War II who received the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions as a Forward Observer during Operation Torch near Beja, Tunisia. Ferris Barracks in Erlangen, Germany, was named in his honor in 1949. Early life and educationGeoffrey Cheney Ferris was born on 8 April 1918, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the youngest of four children born to Walter Lewis Ferris and Alice Josephine Cheney. He attended the Roxbury School (now Cheshire Academy) in Cheshire, Connecticut. Next to his photograph in his high school yearbook is printed "None but himself can be his parallel".[1] CareerPrior to joining the Army, Ferris joined the Connecticut National Guard as a private on 19 September 1940. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 24 February 1941, holding that grade until his separation on 4 December 1941. Ferris enlisted in the Army as a private on 23 January 1942, at Hartford, Connecticut.[2] After Officer Candidate School Class 23-42 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma,[3] he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and served as an artillery observer assigned to the 6th Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. On the morning of 6 May 1943, Lieutenant Ferris reported to Company E, 26th Infantry Regiment. Seeing that it was impossible to secure a suitable observation post in the area occupied by Company E, Lieutenant Ferris, carrying a field phone and wire reel, advanced several hundred yards beyond the front lines before being mortally wounded by enemy fire. He died the next day. Initially interred in Tunisia, he was re-interred at the Long Island National Cemetery in New York. Lieutenant Ferris was posthumously awarded the Silver Star[4] and the Distinguished Service Cross [5] for his actions. Distinguished Service Cross CitationThe President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Second Lieutenant (Field Artillery) Geoffrey C. Ferris (ASN: 0-420345), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with the 6th Battalion, 33d Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 6 May 1943, near Beja, Tunisia. Ferris was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (posthumously) on July 6, 1943. He was further awarded the Silver Star on August 14, 1943. Ferris BarracksPanzer Kaserne (English: Tank Barracks) in Erlangen, Germany, was officially designated Ferris Barracks in honor of Second Lieutenant (2LT) Geoffery C. Ferris on 11 May 1949, by General Lucius D. Clay, then head of the European Command. The facility may have been known informally as Ferris Barracks before that date; purportedly named by General George S. Patton upon his arrival in Erlangen on 22 April 1945.[6]Awards and recognitionsGeoffrey Ferris' decorations and medals include:
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References1. ^{{cite book|last1=The Roxbury School (Cheshire, CT)|title=The Rolling Stone|date=1936|publisher=Students of The Roxbury School|location=Cheshire|page=28}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferris, Geoffrey C.}}2. ^{{cite web |url=https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Geoffrey+Ferris&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=392531 |title=World War II Army Enlistment Records |date=1942-01-23 |website=archives.gov |access-date=2017-10-31}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.artilleryocsalumni.com/documents/artilleryocshistory.pdf|title=Artillery Officer Candidate School 1941-1973 |author= |website=artilleryocsalumni.com |publisher= |access-date=2017-12-30 |quote=Ferris, Geoffrey C., 2LT, 23-42, WW II, KIA }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/members/04_SS/2_WWII/indexes/army/Army-F.html|title=Army Awards of the Silver Star for Conspicuous Gallantry in Action During World War II|accessdate=2017-10-31}} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Anon|title=To Bizerte With The II Corps - 23 April - 13 May 1943 |date=2014 |publisher=Lucknow Books |page=Annex No. 2|asin=B06XGHBJPQ}} 6. ^{{cite book|last1=Sprouse|first1=Joseph|title=Documentary: Gen. George Patton, Jr. , 2nd Lt. Peter Bonano, and A Vanishing Cache of Nazi Gold|date=2010|publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|location=Indianapolis|isbn=9781608447466|page=66}} 5 : 1918 births|1943 deaths|American army personnel of World War II|United States Army soldiers|Burials at Long Island National Cemetery |
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