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DONNIE LEE WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 19, 1946 – February 13, 1967
Service recordDonnie Lee Ward, of Pollocksville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Pollocksville, North Carolina (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 26
- JOSEPH GERALD KRYWICKIFireman · September 13, 1966
- R C PERRY JRStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- JAMES CRAIG ULRICHFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH FRANCIS DUNGEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15E, Line 24
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 24
- JOHN ROLAND MCKAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 25
- LEONARD SALVATORE PELULLOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 26
- JAMES CRAIG ULRICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 26
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 27
From Pollocksville
- LOUIS EDWARD HADDOCK JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WARREN GAMALIEL FRANKS JRSergeant · June 16, 1970
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.