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PATRICK MICHAEL WARD
Captain · U.S. Army
October 9, 1942 – September 11, 1969
Service recordPatrick Michael Ward, of Arcadia, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Arcadia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 73
- THOMAS LEROY SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1969
- ROGER HORACE STEARNSCaptain · September 11, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE WARDSergeant · September 11, 1969
- PATRICK ANTHONY WHITTENPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PHILIP GOGGINSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 68
- MICHAEL RALPH R ODUMCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 71
From Arcadia
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- CRAIG RAY SCHOENBAUMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- VAUGHN MAURICE HINESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN BOOMSMAPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES CARL FOXPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- JAMES ANDREW LEACHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
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.