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BRENT F WARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1948 – May 6, 1968
Service recordBrent F Ward, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 18
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 18
- JERRY RONALD WHITMANLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT ALLYN WILSONCaptain · May 6, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE WITZIGPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 1968
- DAVID PHERRAL DUNYONPrivate First Class · July 27, 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.