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LEONARD DANIEL WARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – July 6, 1969
Service recordLeonard Daniel Ward, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Broken Bow, Oklahoma (Mccurtain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 72
- RUSSELL CHESTER NICOLAICorporal · July 6, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SHORTPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- WARD GRAY SNEEDSergeant First Class · July 6, 1969
- DARRELL LEE TUCKERPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FOLEY ACKERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 68
From Broken Bow
- MARVIN TIDWELL NOAHLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- LARRY GLEN WILLIAMSLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- JOHN MACK RAYSergeant · December 8, 1967
- ROY LEE WINERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- LARRY TAYLORCorporal · July 27, 1968
- DEXTER NUNTON GAMBLE JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
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.