Remembering Army Master Sgt. Richard L. Ferguson ~ NH Hero

Honoring and remembering Army Master Sgt. Richard L. Ferguson of Conway, NH. He died March 30, 2004 when the military vehicle he was riding in rolled over in Samarra, Iraq. He was serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Richard was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colorado. He had served in Bosnia, Germany, Iraq and elsewhere, but his missions and deployments were often kept classified.

“What went on, he left at work or with the guys”, said his father, Lee Ferguson, Sr. “When he came home, he laughed, he joked, he went camping with the kids, he went on trips, he worked around the house.”

Richard dropped out of high school at age 17 and later earned his GED. He joined the Army becoming a career military man. “Once he got in, he loved it and he stayed with it. That was his home, “his father said.

He was also a history buff and spent 20 years putting together a family tree tracing his roots back the to 1700’s. Richard had come to terms with the dangers of the military job he loved.

Despite being a member of an elite military force, Richard was humble and found more often in fatigues than his dress uniform. He turned down a promotion that would have taken him out of the field. “He wasn’t a person to stand out there and say, “Look what I did,” his father said. “He liked being in the field. He was behind the scenes. He was a team leader”

TO REMEMBER IS TO HONOR….