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DAVID LYNN FERRY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 25, 1943 – August 22, 1968
Service recordDavid Lynn Ferry, of Fairbanks, Alaska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Fairbanks, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 27
- DAVID NORMAN EMBREYSergeant · August 22, 1968
- ROBERTO LAY GABANASpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- WAYDELL GETTERStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- ALBERT HUGH GIDDINGSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VERLYN GWEN MEYERCaptain · Panel 47W, Line 29
- JAMES K MCALEER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 30
- PATRICK EDWARD WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 34
From Fairbanks
- ROBERT EDWARD LEESpecialist Four · February 17, 1966
- KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1967
- WAYNE ELMER JONESChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 17, 1967
- DAVID REESE YOUNG JRSecond Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- PATRICK M MCINERNEYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- GILBERT KETZLER JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1969
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.