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JAMES ALLEN FERGUSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – August 26, 1968
Service recordJames Allen Ferguson, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 29
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 29
- CHARLEY VERNON STANLEYSergeant · July 7, 1968
- LEE ODAY GLANCY IIILance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- GARY LAMONTE HARMSSpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
- DALE MARTIN HUSTONSpecialist Five · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 29
- KENNETH MICHAEL KARDASHSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 30
- CRAIG ARTHUR RICHSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 32
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.