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RONALD BRUCE FERGUSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1948 – April 13, 1969
Service recordRonald Bruce Ferguson, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 73
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 73
- HAROLD LEE GREEVERStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1969
- TERRY LEWIS GUMPSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- ROGER WILLIAM HOODCorporal · April 13, 1969
- RICARDO IBRAHIN ROMEROSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LUTHER EDWARD BALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 70
- RICHARD IRVING BRENNERCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 70
- IRVING S CHENOWETH IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 71
- ANDERSON NEELY RENSHAW IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 71
- LARRY CHARLES MARTINSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 75
- RICHARD ALLAN BROWNEPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 77
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHMELZLESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 78
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 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.