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DENNIS CHARLES WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1949 – January 23, 1970
Service recordDennis Charles Ward, of Baldwin Park, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Baldwin Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 61
- CAREY ALLEN FOSNAUGHSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- FRANK SPENCER IIICorporal · January 23, 1970
- ALLEN RAY TOWNERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1970
- DANIEL LOUIS BEHMSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK SPENCER IIICorporal · Panel 14W, Line 61
From Baldwin Park
- DONALD GEORGE GREENCaptain · November 16, 1965
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · June 15, 1968
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.