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JOHN HENRY FERRIL II
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1946 – July 7, 1967
Service recordJohn Henry Ferril II, of Rockville Centre, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 25
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Specialist (0231)
- Born
- June 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockville Centre, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 25
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES HERMAN BLANKENSHIPCaptain · July 7, 1967
From Rockville Centre
- RAYMOND PATRICK MEEHANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- RICHARD BROWNSergeant · May 28, 1967
- WILLIAM HILL PARKERLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- GERALD DAVID SORRENTINOCorporal · June 6, 1968
- ROGER O CLEMENSMajor · September 19, 1968
- RICHARD AGUST MARFURT JRSpecialist Five · December 23, 1969
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.