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JOHNNY LEE WARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – September 11, 1969
Service recordJohnny Lee Ward, of Cambridge, Idaho, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 73
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Idaho (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 73
- THOMAS LEROY SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1969
- ROGER HORACE STEARNSCaptain · September 11, 1969
- PATRICK MICHAEL WARDCaptain · September 11, 1969
- PATRICK ANTHONY WHITTENPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TILLMAN DAVID RODGERS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 68
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.