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FERRELL EDWARD MESSER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1949 – January 18, 1969
Service recordFerrell Edward Messer, of Luther, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Luther, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 33
- ALAN DAVID ELAPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- JAMES EARL ELLINGSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1969
- DANIEL JAMES HOLTSergeant · January 18, 1969
- WAYNE HOWARD KNOWLTONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND GLENN BEAMSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 31
- WAYNE HOWARD KNOWLTONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 33
From Luther
- JOHN EDWARD WILBURNSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- FRANKLIN WILLIE POOLEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
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.