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LYNN MICHAEL FERGUSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1946 – March 6, 1967
Service recordLynn Michael Ferguson, of Russells Point, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Russells Point, Ohio (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 27
- JOHN KEARNAN CLARKELance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- SAMUEL ROBERT DROWNCorporal · March 6, 1967
- RUBY EDWARD FELTON IIIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- DAVID CHARLES FRYCLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 26
- STEPHEN GRADY PECKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 30
- WILLIAM CLAUDE POOLEMaster Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 30
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 32
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.