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JAMES CRAIG WARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – March 13, 1971
Service recordJames Craig Ward, of Mckinleyville, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 44
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Mckinleyville, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 44
- ROBERT SAYE GOOD JRSpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
- WILLIAM JOHN HAMMERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
- SAMMY FLOYD ISAACSPrivate First Class · March 13, 1971
- EDDIE WAYNE VENCILLSpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 43
- NEAL STEVEN CROWDERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 43
- WILLIAM JOHN HAMMERSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 44
- EDDIE WAYNE VENCILLSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 44
- STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 45
From Mckinleyville
- BOBBY ALLEN SEMORESpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- HAROLD BRADLEY MULLERSergeant · March 13, 1968
- DWAYNE JEFFERSON WHORTONPrivate First Class · November 28, 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.