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SAMUEL FERGUSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1946 – March 15, 1967
Service recordSamuel Ferguson, of Durant, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 51 INF 97 MP BN 16 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Durant, Mississippi (Holmes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 84
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- STEVIE RAY GIBSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- ALLEN THEODORE MAKIN IISpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
From Durant
- DEWITT STUDWAY JRSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
- CHARLES BOYDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JAMES STINGLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- CHARLIE LYNN COCHRANPrivate First Class · August 31, 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.