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GEORGE HOWARD WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – April 11, 1966
Service recordGeorge Howard Ward, of Starkville, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 105
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Starkville, Mississippi (Oktibbeha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 105
- JOHN WILLIAM WATKINSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- ERIC WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- IRVING MCKINLEY WILSON JRSergeant · April 11, 1966
- JAMES BENNETT CONWAYMajor · April 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 96
- CARL DWAYNE BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 96
- CLARENCE EDWARD BARNESSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 97
- HOWARD CALVIN BLEVINSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 97
- ANDREW J CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 97
- WILLIAM HARVEY CAUSEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 97
- RALPH COLEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 98
- JOHN ALLEN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 98
- DONALD EUGENE DERMONT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 98
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 98
- PHILYAW FEEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 99
- EUGENE GARRETT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 99
- EDWARD LEE GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 99
- BOZY GERALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 99
- DAVID A HAMMETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- NORMAN LEVERN HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- PHILIP ALFONSO JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EVERETT EUGENE LANGSTONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EDWIN HARRY LEVERINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EMMITT MAYS JRPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 101
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 102
From Starkville
- GEORGE EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · May 28, 1962
- ROBERT MORRIS HILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- JACK ROWLEY LICHTE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS LESLIE WARDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM NEWTON JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1968
- VICTOR MICHAEL STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT HORACE BENNETTCaptain · November 4, 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.