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JAMES CLINTON WARD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1947 – May 9, 1969
Service recordJames Clinton Ward, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 34
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
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 34
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- OSCAR LEE WHEELERPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- ALBERT ALLAN WHITTLECorporal · May 9, 1969
- JOE ALMEIDA JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- HAROLD BUTLER DEELMaster Sergeant · May 10, 1969
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 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.