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JOHN EDWARD FERGUSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1948 – June 8, 1967
Service recordJohn Edward Ferguson, of Lenoir, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 74
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Lenoir, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 74
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GLADE HENDERSONSergeant · June 8, 1967
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · June 8, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
From Lenoir
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- WALTER J SPAINHOUR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL H PENNELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE GREENEStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- GENE CALVIN REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- THEODORE R CONLEY JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · September 11, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JRSergeant · March 7, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE AUSTINSergeant · July 31, 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.