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RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1944 – August 30, 1967
Service recordRichard Eugene Ferguson, of Covina, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 68
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 68
- DOUGLAS CARROLL COKERPetty Officer Third Class · August 30, 1967
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- JULIAN R HOOPERMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1967
- DONALD RAY OKAMOTOLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
From Covina
- RICHARD LAVERN BISHOPSergeant · October 1, 1966
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- MELVIN GLEN MOFFETTCorporal · February 5, 1967
- TERRY GENE HEEKINSecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- STANLEY GRANT STRONGCorporal · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL KENNETH HARESpecialist Five · March 30, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- FRANK MICHAEL DENARDO JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO OLLIVIERPetty Officer Second Class · February 23, 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.