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RUSSELL NORMAN FERDIG
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 1, 1944 – September 8, 1968
Service recordRussell Norman Ferdig, of Elk Point, South Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 2
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Elk Point, South Dakota (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 2
- JOHN THOMAS CORLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1968
- TERRY CHARLES CORSONSergeant · September 8, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BLAIR CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 1
- JOHN THOMAS CORLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 2
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 2
- DAN VICTOR LINDHOLMSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 4
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.