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THOMAS ALTON FERGUSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – March 11, 1968
Service recordThomas Alton Ferguson, of Damon, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Damon, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Tuong Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 16
- JIMMY FLORESSergeant · March 11, 1968
- KEITH MICHAEL FLUMERECorporal · March 11, 1968
- DONALD STANDLEY GILLMANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD STANDLEY GILLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 16
- RALPH DEAN HIRSCHLER JRCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 17
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.