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FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – June 11, 1967
Service recordFergus Francis Connors JR, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 87
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- DENNIS RAY CHRISTIELance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DEAN EDDIE CLINTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 11, 1967
- EDWARD JEROME COLSTONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 86
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 88
- DARRELL FREDERICK GASKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 88
- JAMES ROBERT HICKSSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 89
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 90
- ROBIN PATRICK MILOVICHCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 90
- MANUEL GUALVERTO MONTALVOSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 90
- JOSEPH L PARKSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 91
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT CAUTHERNCorporal · November 8, 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.