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MERL WAYNE FERGUSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 23, 1946 – July 27, 1967
Service recordMerl Wayne Ferguson, of Yuba City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 6
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Yuba City, California (Sutter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 6
- JACK WILLARD FINCHUMLance Corporal · July 27, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE FLANINGAMCorporal · July 27, 1967
- MARTIN A FLEISCHMANNStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID HARDIEPetty Officer Second Class · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEE AMOSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 4
- JOHN CARL BIONDILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 5
- MARTIN A FLEISCHMANNStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 6
- KENNETH LEVON HENDRIXSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 7
- DAVID LEE MEYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 8
- LEROY A NELSONSergeant First Class · Panel 24E, Line 9
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 9
- ERNEST PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- JAMES RUSSELL POPEPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- RICHARD JOSEPH WEHRHEIMPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 11
- WILLIAM GAZARDSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 21
From Yuba City
- JOHN PATRICK EYNONSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DONALD RAY CHRISTYCorporal · June 2, 1967
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LESLIE LEROY MCCORKLECorporal · May 14, 1969
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- STEPHEN LOUIS RAYBURNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1972
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.