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DAVID EUGENE WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1941 – October 21, 1967
Service recordDavid Eugene Ward, of Ozark, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Ozark, Missouri (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 47
- ARCHIE ANDREW PORTERSpecialist Five · October 21, 1967
- LEE ARTHUR TOYERLance Corporal · October 21, 1967
- KENNETH EARL TREADWAYLance Corporal · October 21, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN WYRICKPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 45
- DAVID PAUL KUSYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 46
From Ozark
- DON LE ROY DEATHRAGE JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
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.