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JAMES P FERGUSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1948 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJames P Ferguson, of Nederland, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Nederland, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 27
- DANNY EARL DANIELSPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- RICHARD ALLI FEATHERSTONEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES FORDHAMPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DEAN EUKELPrivate · Panel 38E, Line 26
- DANNY EARL DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 27
- AQUILLA ANTHONY PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 36
- LEONARD ALLEN STALNAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 39
From Nederland
- JOHN CARNUL MYATTPrivate · May 10, 1963
- ARVIN DOUGLAS PENNELLSergeant · May 25, 1966
- BOBBY GENE VINSONColonel · April 24, 1968
- WILLIAM TERREL MCNAIRMajor · September 17, 1969
- JAMES GEORGE HOWARD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1970
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.