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LOWELL VERNON FERGUSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1951 – April 24, 1971
Service recordLowell Vernon Ferguson JR, of Avon Park, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 7
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Avon Park, Florida (Highlands County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 7
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · April 24, 1971
- RICHARD EUGENE COLBURNSergeant · April 24, 1971
- MARTIN VINCENT FANNINGCaptain · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BERNARDO RODRIGUE ALVAREZCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 6
- BILL EDWARD BLANTONSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 6
From Avon Park
- ARCHIE SHERROD BOWENAirman Second Class · August 30, 1963
- EDWARD EUGENE CANNONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- CURTIS EDGAR COTHRANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE GREENSergeant · October 13, 1967
- WILLIE LEE KIRKLANDSergeant · May 18, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE BATTSCorporal · September 2, 1969
- ROY WILLIAM COBBSergeant First Class · February 13, 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.