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GEORGE WARREN WARD
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1930 – March 19, 1970
Service recordGeorge Warren Ward, of San Diego, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1970, in Laos, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 23
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Born
- January 14, 1930
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 23
- BOBBY TRUMAN SIEGLERCorporal · March 19, 1970
- BENNY DAVID SLOATPrivate First Class · March 19, 1970
- ATILANO URIEGAS TOVARSergeant · March 19, 1970
- JESSE LEONARD WESTStaff Sergeant · March 19, 1970
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.