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JOHN FRANCIS WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1948 – October 6, 1969
Service recordJohn Francis Ward, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 46
- GEOFFREY JOHN LUKEYLance Corporal · October 6, 1969
- CARY DUANE MILLERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1969
- NORMAN ROGER SWEATStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1969
- TROY DEAN WILHITESergeant · October 6, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.