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BERNARD FRANCIS FORD
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
January 9, 1934 – July 5, 1967
Service recordBernard Francis Ford, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 5, 1967, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 10
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 9, 1934
- Home of record
- Oak Lawn, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 10
- WILLIAM V FREDERICKLieutenant Colonel · May 25, 1965
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- PEDRO FERRA-FLORESPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS MCDANIELWarrant Officer 1 · July 5, 1967
From Oak Lawn
- TERRENCE LEE SOUHRADAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- STEPHEN FRANK JALLOWAYSergeant · December 15, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL GILGENBERGLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- WARREN OWINGS KENEIPP JRCaptain · July 2, 1967
- BOBBY DANIEL MATHENYStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- JOSEPH SALVATORE PERYSIANSeaman · March 14, 1968
- RONALD LEE ZACHSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- THOMAS STEPHEN COLELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
- WILLIAM HARLEY GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- JAMES MARTIN WITHERSPOONSergeant · July 29, 1968
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.