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GARY SCOTT FERGUSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1946 – August 3, 1966
Service recordGary Scott Ferguson, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 103
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- HERSCHEL CYLE HOLTSergeant · August 3, 1966
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 1966
- CHARLES EVERETTE HURDPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- HARVEY LYN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · September 4, 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.