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PATRICK EDWARD WARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – August 22, 1968
Service recordPatrick Edward Ward, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 34
- WAYNE EARL THOMASSergeant · August 22, 1968
- REGINALD GAY TOLBERTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- ARCADIO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- RICHARD LEE TREASCaptain · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 27
- VERLYN GWEN MEYERCaptain · Panel 47W, Line 29
- JAMES K MCALEER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 47W, Line 30
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.