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JAMES LARRY WARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1949 – February 7, 1969
Service recordJames Larry Ward, of Cantonment, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 83
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Cantonment, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 83
- GARY NORMAN YOUNGHospitalman · February 7, 1969
- LONNIE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- JAMES GREGORY BROWNCorporal · February 8, 1969
- GEORGE JOSEPH CANAMARESergeant · February 8, 1969
From Cantonment
- RALPH COLEMANStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1966
- JAMES TERRY BEASLEYCorporal · August 26, 1966
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES MCNACPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- HUBERT CHARLES KNIGHTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
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.