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CARL RAY WARD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1943 – June 15, 1968
Service recordCarl Ray Ward, of Kearney, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Kearney, Nebraska (Buffalo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 33
- MARK DENNIS TYLERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- REGINALD BERNARD TYNESCorporal · June 15, 1968
- OSCAR VALENZUELA JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JACKIE ELMORE WALLACEPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
From Kearney
- ERVIN JAMES HOYTWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1968
- DALE ERVIN FRUHLINGCorporal · August 12, 1969
- FRANK W KINKAID JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
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.