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HERSCHEL RUDOLPH WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – June 4, 1966
Service recordHerschel Rudolph Ward, of Manning, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 9
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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
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Manning, South Carolina (Clarendon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 9
- BENNY THOMAS STOWERSCaptain · May 19, 1966
- GERALD STEEDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- MARTIN LEE WATKINSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- GARRY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE PENDLETON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 8
- GERALD STEEDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 9
From Manning
- GEORGE IVISON MIMS JRCaptain · December 20, 1965
- JOHN COLEMAN ARDISStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1966
- AARON BLANDINGSergeant · November 13, 1966
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
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.