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DONALD PORTER FERGUSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 4, 1947 – January 13, 1968
Service recordDonald Porter Ferguson, of Hamden, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 41
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- CLARENCE JAMES CLAYCOMBStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1968
- EVERARD AARON DAVISSergeant First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIE ROSS DENNISPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY DENNIS STRAFACECorporal · Panel 34E, Line 46
From Hamden
- ROBERT EDWARD BUSHLieutenant Colonel · March 24, 1966
- PIERCE IRVING ROBERTSONMajor · October 9, 1966
- ALAN IVAN SMITHSergeant · October 22, 1966
- ALFRED JUDSON FORCE MOODYBrigadier General · March 19, 1967
- OSCAR BIEHL JRCaptain · May 30, 1967
- JOHN THEODORE GALLAGHERSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- EDWARD KENNETH DUELPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · May 28, 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.