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WILLIAM GLEN FERGUSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1935 – August 13, 1967
Service recordWilliam Glen Ferguson, of Bluffton, Indiana, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 107
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 3, 1935
- Home of record
- Bluffton, Indiana (Wells County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 107
- JOHN ALLEN CAMPBELLCorporal · August 13, 1967
- LONNIE JOSEPH DUCOTE JRCorporal · August 13, 1967
- DANNY LEE INGLESCorporal · August 13, 1967
- JOHNNIE HUGH PATTERSONSergeant · August 13, 1967
From Bluffton
- CAREY WAYNE ELLENBERGERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- THOMAS WAYNE BISHOPPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- DAVID BORNE PLATTSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- CARL TAYLOR BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1970
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.