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RANDY NEAL WARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – January 27, 1968
Service recordRandy Neal Ward, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 51
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Tullahoma, Tennessee (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 51
- JOE CLARENCE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 27, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN TOPPICorporal · January 27, 1968
- FRANK NELSON UZZELLPrivate · January 27, 1968
- DONALD EDMOND WEEDCorporal · January 27, 1968
From Tullahoma
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- KENNETH LEE KIRKESSecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- HOMER B BELL JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY KELLEYPetty Officer Second Class · September 16, 1968
- WALTER DANIEL SMITHSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- GERALD DOUGLAS ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- TERRILL EDWARD BRADFORDSpecialist Five · April 29, 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.