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LATNEY DEAN FERGUSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1948 – November 6, 1968
Service recordLatney Dean Ferguson, of Bois D'ark, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 26
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Bois D'ark, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 26
- WILLIAM GORDON CAMPLance Corporal · November 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT EMBRY JRCorporal · November 6, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN FROSTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1968
- VERNON ROBERT FYALLCorporal · November 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GERALD JOLLYPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 27
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.