Mesa in Maricopa County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Major Frederick E. Ferguson

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 5, 2017

1. Major Frederick E. Ferguson Marker

Inscription. Commemorative Air Force
Arizona Military Aviation
Walk of Honor
Proudly Recognizes
Major Frederick E. Ferguson
1939 —
Medal of Honor Frederick E. Ferguson gradated from the US Army Warrant Officer flight program in 1957 and was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division in the Republic of Viet Nam as a UH I Huey aircraft commander and section leader. While performing an emergency medevac on January 31, 1968, CWO Ferguson distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life and was awarded the Medal of Honor. Following active duty Ferguson was promoted to Major and held Instructor Pilot and Command positions with the Arizona Army National Guard. February 2012

Erected 2012.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Vietnam.

Location. 33° 27.154′ N, 111° 44.127′ W. Memorial is in Mesa, Arizona, in Maricopa County. It is at the intersection of N. Greenfield Road and E. McKellips Road, on the right when traveling north on N. Greenfield Road. Located at the Commemorative Air Force Museum at Falcon Field Airport. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2017 N Greenfield Road, Mesa AZ 85215, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert,

in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area,

and in the Tohono O’odham Nation.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Gadsden Purchase,

and Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lt. Frank Luke, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Arizonan Women Airforce Service Pilots – WASP (here, next to this marker); Dr. S. Harry Robertson III (here, next to this marker); Sergei I. Sikorsky (here, next to this marker); BGen. Joseph J. Foss (here, next to this marker); Arizonan Tuskegee Airmen (here, next to this marker); Rear Admiral Walter Lewis Chatham, USN (Ret) (here, next to this marker); MGen Barry Morris Goldwater, USAFR (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mesa.

Also see . . .
1. Commemorative Air Force Museum. (Submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. Frederick Edgar Ferguson on Wikipedia. (Submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 5, 2017

2. Major Frederick E. Ferguson Marker

Markers at the Commemorative Air Force Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 5, 2017

3. Markers at the Commemorative Air Force Museum

Credits. This page was last revised on April 18, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 429 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 18, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.