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HUGH JAMES FERRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – January 11, 1968
Service recordHugh James Ferrell, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 32
- WILLIAM PAUL SMITHPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- LEONARD HARRISON SNEAD JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- PHILIP PAUL STEVENSLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- SWANTE AUGUST SWENSONFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN NEWTON BREWERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 27
- LARRY FRANK KUJAWASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 29
- LEONARD HARRISON SNEAD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 32
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- FLETCHER LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.