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TENNIS CRISPIAN FERRELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1930 – March 21, 1967
Service recordTennis Crispian Ferrell, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 MED CO USARV
- Born
- August 1, 1930
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “498 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 3
- WALTER HENRY FORBES IIICaptain · March 21, 1967
- BRIAN FRANCIS GIBBONSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAN JOSEPH GRABOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT NEAL BRADLEYCaptain · Panel 16E, Line 129
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.