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BEN CALHOUN WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1951 – October 15, 1969
Service recordBen Calhoun Ward, of Georgetown, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 83
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Georgetown, South Carolina (Georgetown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 83
- DAVID LOUIS JOLIETSpecialist Four · October 15, 1969
- LAWRENCE RANDOLPH BOOTHMajor · October 16, 1969
- JIMMIE DONOVAN BROWNSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- LAWRENCE LEE DWYER JRLance Corporal · October 16, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT WALLLieutenant Commander · October 16, 1969
From Georgetown
- JOHN HENRY WALKERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1966
- JOHN I COOKSergeant First Class · January 29, 1967
- PHILLIP GRANTSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- NATHANIEL E L JACKSONCorporal · April 16, 1968
- RUDOLPH CALVIN THOMASStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1971
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.