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CHARLES EDWARD WARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1948 – May 28, 1968
Service recordCharles Edward Ward, of Pineville, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 17
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
- October 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Pineville, Kentucky (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 17
- BERNELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- FRED LEWIS THRIFTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROGER WAYNE VOLZPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- GEORGE NELSON WALKERSergeant First Class · May 28, 1968
From Pineville
- DAN WAGNER JRSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- WINCE ISAAC OVERTON JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- JAMES MIRACLE JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- HENRY JACKSONSergeant · May 18, 1968
- HAROLD SULLIVANSergeant · February 20, 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.