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JOHN DOUGLAS WARD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – January 31, 1968
Service recordJohn Douglas Ward JR, of Lancing, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Lancing, Tennessee (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 41
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- JOSE GALENO VIRUETPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES MATHEW VRBA JRMajor · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WALSHCorporal · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH ERNELL BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 87
- ROLAND MICHAEL BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 87
- WILLIAM LEON BUSBYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 89
- JOHN LEONARD CHURCHSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 2
- EUGENE JOSEPH CONNERMajor · Panel 36E, Line 3
- CHARLES LINCOLN DANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 5
- FRANK DOEZEMA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 6
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 12
- HENRY GRANT HOWCOTTMajor · Panel 36E, Line 16
- FLOYD BROWN SPENCER JRMajor · Panel 36E, Line 23
- JOHN J MCHUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 27
- MARVIN JAMES PLATAMaster Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 30
- DONALD M RADICSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 31
- RONNIE RAY ROUSHSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 33
- TERENCE FAIRCHILD SAGECaptain · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JAMES J SHERRILLSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 35
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 35
- MAXIMILIAN HEINRI SIMMETHMajor · Panel 36E, Line 36
- ROBERT JOE WILLIAMSONSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 43
- JOSEPH ROBERT WISEMajor · Panel 36E, Line 43
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 44
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.