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MICHAUEL DON FERGUSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1947 – March 14, 1968
Service recordMichauel Don Ferguson, of Riverside, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 46
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
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 46
- ADOLFO AGUILARSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JACOB GUNTHERSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 43
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · Panel 44E, Line 44
- HENRY J CHESTER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 44
- HARRY JOSEPH ELLIS IIISergeant · Panel 44E, Line 45
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 47
- PATRICK ARNOLD LUCEROSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 48
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 52
- ERNEST HAROLD YOUNG IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 56
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
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.