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CHARLES DWIGHT WARD
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
May 15, 1945 – July 15, 1967
Service recordCharles Dwight Ward, of Portland, Texas, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 79
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 Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Texas (Nueces County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 79
- JERALD KATSUJI SUMIDAAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- ARMANDO VILLAPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES IRA CARTERPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
From Portland
- RONALD STEVEN CAMPBELLLance Corporal · June 17, 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.