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HAROLD JOSEPH FORD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1947 – May 31, 1970
Service recordHarold Joseph Ford, of Redfield, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 124
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Redfield, Arkansas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 124
- THOMAS STEVEN LIPPSergeant · May 30, 1970
- ROBERT SIDNEY DUNBARCorporal · May 31, 1970
- LARRY MICHAEL GASSNERStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- JAMES DONALD GRIFFINWarrant Officer 1 · May 31, 1970
- JOHN LEONARD GRIMESSergeant · May 31, 1970
From Redfield
- JOHNIE NATHANIEL DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
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.