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WAYNE ARDELL FERGUSON
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 13, 1929 – June 16, 1968
Service recordWayne Ardell Ferguson, of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 16, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 2
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 13, 1929
- Home of record
- Milton-Freewater, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 2
- EDWARD CRUZ CRUZPetty Officer Second Class · June 16, 1968
- ALAN RAY DUKECorporal · June 16, 1968
- NED TURNER DYBVIGStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1968
- MANUEL ANTONIO GALINDEZLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
From Milton-Freewater
- ROBERT HUGH PRICEFirst Lieutenant · January 1, 1966
- LARRY TOM CHANDLERSergeant · August 5, 1967
- BRUCE LANDON CARTERPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- RICHARD OWEN GULLIXSONPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.