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LUTHER BURNETT WARD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1952 – October 30, 1971
Service recordLuther Burnett Ward JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1971, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 57
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1952
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 57
- DAVID GEORGE SMITHWICKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1971
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HUSKEYSpecialist Four · October 31, 1971
- GUFFEY SCOTT JOHNSONSergeant · October 31, 1971
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.