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DAVID JAMES WARD
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordDavid James Ward, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 981 MP CO 16 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 14
- LOUIS JAMES SKANSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- WARDELL SMITHSpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT STEFANIAKPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- FREDERICK G TERRY JRMajor · July 4, 1968
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.