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JAMES PATRICK WARD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – July 11, 1969
Service recordJames Patrick Ward, of Bethesda, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 104
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Bethesda, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 104
- ROBERT WESLEY WHITEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- DAN BURGESS YARBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · July 11, 1969
- RALPHAEL SGAMBELLUR YOKOIPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- RUSSELL CHARLES YOSTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN CHARLES ARGENTASergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 97
- JOEL RHYNE KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 102
From Bethesda
- JAMES R CUMBERPATCH JRSpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- ARTHUR G KLIPPENSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1966
- BRUCE CHALMERS DUCATMajor · December 2, 1966
- JOHN MULLEN JOYCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JON ALBERT JULIASergeant · February 22, 1968
- PAUL WINTHROP SMITHSONSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1968
- THOMAS GAINES TURNERSergeant · March 9, 1969
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.