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GARRY WALLACE WARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1950 – April 11, 1970
Service recordGarry Wallace Ward, of Monticello, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 126
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Monticello, Arkansas (Drew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 126
- CLIFFORD LAWRENCE TARBELLSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- ROBERT LE ROY WADEStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1970
- GEORGE HARTWELL ADAMSCaptain · April 12, 1970
- BRUCE ELLIS ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1970
From Monticello
- FRED BURKETT CRADDOCK JRCorporal · August 29, 1967
- GLENNON MARCUSSENSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JIMMIE PAUL WALLCorporal · January 30, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE EDNEYCorporal · February 4, 1969
- RICKS ARBRA HUTSONSpecialist Four · October 13, 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.