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Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965.
Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Randall Eugene Ferguson.

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RANDALL EUGENE FERGUSON

Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps

November 18, 1945 – August 2, 1965

Service record

Randall Eugene Ferguson, of Rushville, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 2E · Line 47

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Assaultman (0351)
Born
November 18, 1945
Home of record
Rushville, Missouri (Buchanan County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 2, 1965
Age
19
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

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Two names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 2E, Line 47

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.