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ROBERT C L FERGUSSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1943 – November 8, 1967
Service recordRobert C L Fergusson, of Monterey, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 49
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Monterey, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 49
- THOMAS JOSEPH CULLENSergeant · November 8, 1967
- CLINTON EUGENE HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY HAYESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- MARION F HENDERSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MAURICE FREDRICK NORTHRUPPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 52
From Monterey
- WILLIAM HENRY J UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- RONALD KEITH LEWISLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN WHITESergeant · March 29, 1969
- JOHN LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · June 26, 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.