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CLYDE ANDERSON WARD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1937 – May 21, 1967
Service recordClyde Anderson Ward, of Lebanon, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 16, 1937
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Tennessee (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 80
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD WISSMANSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE NATHANIEL WRIGHTPrivate · May 21, 1967
- WALTER FRANCIS WROBLESKIChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 21, 1967
From Lebanon
- JAMES EDWARD BUSHSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- BILLY EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- JERRY DAVID LANCASTERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RONNIE CALVIN PRESLEYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- TERRY LEE DILLARDCorporal · July 27, 1968
- HESSIE ALLEN BROOKSSpecialist Five · January 20, 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.