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RALPH FERGUSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1947 – May 31, 1968
Service recordRalph Ferguson, of Jackson, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 8
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Jackson, Ohio (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 8
- ANTHONY LEE BENNETTSecond Lieutenant · May 31, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN DENNISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- ERIC VOUGHN DICKSONLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD DURSTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
From Jackson
- CLAY EDWARD DOWNEYSergeant · February 12, 1967
- LARRY GENE DEARINGPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALLEN CURTIS SHELINESergeant · July 18, 1968
- DANIEL LUTHER ONEYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
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.