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CARL GENE WARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1943 – May 27, 1968
Service recordCarl Gene Ward, of Salem, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 3
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Salem, Alabama (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 3
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE VANDEVENDERPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RONALD RAY WALLACESergeant · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES GRAFFIOUS WARSINGSergeant · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 5
- TOM GALVEZCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 7
- FRANK WILLIAM GARAPOLOPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 7
- JOHN RICHARD LINDELCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 11
- JAMES DANIEL MCKELVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 12
From Salem
- YOUNG DAVID OGLETREESergeant · March 16, 1968
- JAMES TERRELL BLALOCKPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- HARRY GORDON PRINCE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 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.