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NEAL CLINTON WARD
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 22, 1945 – June 13, 1969
Service recordNeal Clinton Ward, of College Station, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 13, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 602 SOS
- Born
- June 22, 1945
- Home of record
- College Station, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 13, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 39
- DONALD CHRISTIEStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1969
- RICHARD REX CLAXTONPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL ETHERTONCorporal · June 13, 1969
- DARRYL GRANT FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
From College Station
- WALTER LEE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1967
- CONVERSE RISING LEWIS IIICorporal · October 26, 1967
- CARL EDWIN LONGCaptain · December 20, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS TAFF JRFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1971
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.