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WALTER LEE FERGUSON
Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 22, 1929 – December 18, 1972
Service recordWalter Lee Ferguson, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 18, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 94
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 22, 1929
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1972
- Age
- 43
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 94
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- LOUIS ROBERT TAYLORStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1972
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · December 9, 1972
- JAMES RICHARD MCELVAINLieutenant Colonel · December 18, 1972
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.