The Wall › Panel 24W › Georgia › Gene Lamar Ware
GENE LAMAR WARE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 27, 1946 – May 23, 1969
Service recordGene Lamar Ware, of Carnesville, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 23, 1969, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 87
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boilerman (BT)
- Born
- October 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Carnesville, Georgia (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 87
- LOUIS BRUNSONStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- RUDOLPH GEORGE MACHATAStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- HERIBERTO MARRERO-ESTRADAStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- AUBREY REID MAYSPrivate First Class · May 23, 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.