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JERRY ROGER FERGUSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1944 – June 13, 1968
Service recordJerry Roger Ferguson, of Harriman, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 9
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Harriman, Tennessee (Roane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 57W, Line 9
- CHARLES ARTHUR GAUDREAUPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDESLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- EDMOND JUNIOR GREERCorporal · June 13, 1968
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PORFIRIO SAM SOLANOStaff Sergeant · Panel 57W, Line 13
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · Panel 57W, Line 15
- HENRY EUGENE WOOLEYSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 15
From Harriman
- CLARENCE EDWARD BARNESSergeant · April 11, 1966
- EVERETT WILSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ESTEL DENNY SPAKESSergeant First Class · March 12, 1968
- BRADLEY KEITH WATTSPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN STRINGFIELDStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
- RICHARD LEE PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1969
- DONALD ROBERT MATHISSergeant · May 28, 1971
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.