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WILLIAM BOYD FERGUSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1948 – December 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Boyd Ferguson, of Sanger, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Sanger, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 49
- JUNIOR BARNETT EARNESTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- JOE JULIAN GONZALESLance Corporal · December 6, 1968
- WARREN JUDGE GOSSMajor · December 6, 1968
- AMEDEE GEORGE GRANELLE JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
From Sanger
- WILLIAM JEFFREY WILSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- DAVID THOMAS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JOHN BERNARD HURTADOCaptain · April 6, 1968
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- CATARINO MORELOS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOHN PEDRO DELGADOLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD RILEYSergeant · April 18, 1969
- DANNY ELBERT APPLETONSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
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.