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PETER CLARENCE FERGUSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 7, 1945 – June 7, 1968
Service recordPeter Clarence Ferguson, of Portland, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Connecticut (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 22
- CONEY ELLISPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- JOHNNIE BEE ESPYCorporal · June 7, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR ESSARYCorporal · June 7, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES HANNAHSecond Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
From Portland
- CLYDE HAROLD OBRIENStaff Sergeant · January 20, 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.