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WALTER FERGUSON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1947 – August 23, 1968
Service recordWalter Ferguson JR, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on August 23, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 41
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 23, 1968
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 47W, Line 41
- MIKE PATRICIO ESPINOZALance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- JOSEPH ERNEST FALARDEAUSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID FIXPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLESKESConstructionman · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BARRY J BECANNENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 37
- THAL ANTHONY BROWNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 38
- JOSEPH ERNEST FALARDEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 41
- MICHAEL DAVID FIXPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 41
- PATRICK SHAWN HEDERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 44
- GILBERTO MENDEZ MOLINAPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 49
- GEORGE EDWARD PERDUEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 51
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · Panel 47W, Line 53
- RICHARD ORRIN SOPERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 55
- ROBERT STEPHEN UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 56
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.