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MARK ANDREW FERGUSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1947 – September 17, 1966
Service recordMark Andrew Ferguson, of Lancaster, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 106
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 106
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- WILLIAM GORDON FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- SHERMAN LEE IVEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
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.