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DENNIS DEAN FERGUSON
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1939 – March 20, 1966
Service recordDennis Dean Ferguson, of Boone, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- October 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Boone, Iowa (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 24
- WILLIAM EUGENE CANNONCorporal · March 20, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- THEODORE LAUER FISCHERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- DAVID FLORESSergeant · March 20, 1966
From Boone
- FREDERICK KENNETH DEAVERPrivate · August 23, 1966
- GENE WESLEY BROWNMajor · July 8, 1967
- KENT CARTER WOLFSpecialist Five · August 3, 1970
- DOUGLAS EUGENE CROOKSSpecialist Four · April 2, 1971
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.