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DENNIS WAYNE FERGUSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1948 – September 17, 1969
Service recordDennis Wayne Ferguson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 102
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 102
- WILLIAM ANDREW FITCHSpecialist Five · September 17, 1969
- RONALD JAMES HAGENMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1969
- GARY LEE HAUGHTSpecialist Five · September 17, 1969
- STOKELY JAMES JONESSergeant · September 17, 1969
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.