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BLAINE M FERGUSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1936 – January 10, 1967
Service recordBlaine M Ferguson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1936
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 4
- JOSEPH E WILKINSON IIIMajor · January 9, 1967
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JUAN JOSE CERVANTEZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES COOPERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.