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DOUGLAS DAVID FERGUSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 26, 1945 – December 30, 1969
Service recordDouglas David Ferguson, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 30, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 110
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 555 TFS 432 TRW
- Born
- April 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 30, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “555 TFS 432 TRW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15W, Line 110
- JAMES HUGH FRYPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- FREDRICK ANDREW HASSLERStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1969
- ELLIS SANFORD MARLINPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- THOMAS ANTHONY MOORESergeant · December 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FIELDING W FEATHERSTON IIICaptain · Panel 15W, Line 109
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.