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LEROY FERGUSON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1933 – May 9, 1968
Service recordLeroy Ferguson, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 20
- ROY ALLEN COXPetty Officer Third Class · May 9, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · May 9, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE FITZMAURICELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EARL HARRISCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 23
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
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.