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RICHARD GEORGE FERRUGGIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 15, 1945 – October 8, 1967
Service recordRichard George Ferruggia, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ew/Cryptanlytic Cryptanalyst (98B)
- Born
- June 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Cedar Grove, New Jersey (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 70
- JACK DEAVERSpecialist Five · October 8, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- STEPHEN ELY FEISTNERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JEFFERY DONALD FLOURNOYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
From Cedar Grove
- STEPHEN ELY FEISTNERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- GEOFFREY STEPHEN SMITHPrivate First Class · July 20, 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.