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WILLIAM GLEN FERGUSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 13, 1947 – October 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Glen Ferguson JR, of South Portland, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- South Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 55
- GARY WAYNE BROWNCorporal · October 1, 1968
- PATRICK MICHAEL FARLEYCorporal · October 1, 1968
- ALLEN GEORGE FUSSNERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- MONTIE H HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALEX RAUSCHSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 59
From South Portland
- GEORGE ROBERT DARLINGSeaman · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL PAUL TUELLPrivate First Class · December 5, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT W TEWKSBURYCorporal · December 7, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN TOPPICorporal · January 27, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER BAKASpecialist Four · April 18, 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.