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EARL FERGUSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – March 28, 1969
Service recordEarl Ferguson, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 69
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 69
- FRED LEE GABBINSergeant First Class · March 28, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL GIBSONSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- DONALD ROBERT GLASSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- GEORGE KENNETH GOLDENPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD BROWNINGCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 66
- WALTER VINCENT CROCCOCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 66
- SEAN TIMOTHY DORANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 68
- THOMAS MICHAEL GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 69
- VINCENT MORANSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 72
- PAUL ARTHUR NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 73
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · Panel 28W, Line 73
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.