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WARREN JOHN FERGUSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1951 – February 20, 1970
Service recordWarren John Ferguson JR, of Fullerton, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 25, 1951
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 34
- RICHARD ALLEN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- LOSSIE FRANKLIN BONESpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- DENNIS EARL JOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
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.