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MICHAEL LYNN FERGUSON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
July 18, 1941 – November 28, 1969
Service recordMichael Lynn Ferguson, of Rockwood, Tennessee, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 28, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 130
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radarman (RD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS BENEWAH APB 35
- Born
- July 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Rockwood, Tennessee (Roane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 130
- CARL EARLY DEAN JRCorporal · November 28, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
- ROY EDWARD FICKLINGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- MICHAEL THURSTON GIBSONStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1969
From Rockwood
- JAMES EARL CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · April 29, 1966
- RALPH RONALD SPRINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- BILLY WALKER MCGHEEPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- ALVIN FLYNN GUNTERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM KNIGHTSpecialist Five · September 11, 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.