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JOHNNY NEWTON WARD JR
Captain · U.S. Army
March 27, 1943 – January 16, 1971
Service recordJohnny Newton Ward JR, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 51
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; five of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 51
- CHARLES DAVID STCLAIRSpecialist Four · January 16, 1971
- LEE DAVIS STUART JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
- JOHN SIMMONS WEAVERCorporal · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DEWAINE LAWRENCE BRICKMANCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 47
- NOEL BARBARO HERNANDEZCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 48
- ROGER GUY HOLLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 49
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 51
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
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.