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RICHARD HAROLD FERGUSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 30, 1944 – June 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Harold Ferguson, of Port Washington, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Port Washington, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 17
- DONALD GENE DENNEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- JOHNNIE LAMAR DOUGLASSergeant · June 14, 1968
- JOSEPH DAVID DUELK JRPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GENE DENNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 17
From Port Washington
- ROBERT LOUIS ZWERLEINAirman · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLCHOWSergeant · January 23, 1968
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY ALDRICHFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
- FRANCIS A TRINCHITELLASpecialist Four · December 21, 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.