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RAY LEONARD FERRY III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1949 – April 9, 1968
Service recordRay Leonard Ferry III, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 55
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
- Self-Propelled Artillery (Sparty) Repairer/Technician (2143)
- Born
- October 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
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.