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ERNEST DOW FORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – November 16, 1969
Service recordErnest Dow Ford, of Eureka, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Redstone Missile Mechanic (46J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 84
- GEORGE RICHARD FAZZAHSpecialist Four · November 16, 1969
- LARRY DANIEL HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
- RONALD WAYNE IRELANDCorporal · November 16, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD KUSHMAUL JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN RICHARD BERHOWEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 83
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
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.