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WILLIAM EDWIN FERGUSON
Captain · U.S. Army
January 29, 1937 – December 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edwin Ferguson, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 84
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1937
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 84
- VERNON TERRY BULLINHospitalman · December 28, 1968
- FRANCIS DAVID DONOHUECorporal · December 28, 1968
- REID ERNEST GRAYSON JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1968
- A W HOWARD JRSergeant · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 83
- ALVIN WARNER ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 87
- JOSEPH RICHARD TWIGG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 1
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 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.