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JOHN LAWRENCE WARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1944 – April 27, 1970
Service recordJohn Lawrence Ward, of Kenmore, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 31 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Kenmore, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 62
- ROBERT DALE WALSHSergeant · April 27, 1970
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · April 27, 1970
- MEREDITH GLENN ANDERSONMajor · April 28, 1970
- STEVEN RAY SANDLINCorporal · April 28, 1970
From Kenmore
- KENNETH WILLIAM ORTON JRSergeant · April 26, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS CATALANOPrivate First Class · July 30, 1967
- ROGER EDWARD KELLYLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- HARRY JAY KORDASIEWICZPetty Officer Third Class · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM EIDMAN WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS F FLANIGAN IICaptain · September 15, 1968
- RONALD SHAFER PIERCEPrivate · May 7, 1969
- JOHN GEORGE PAGEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEKSpecialist Four · November 30, 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.