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RICHARD WAYNE FORD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 13, 1948 – February 24, 1969
Service recordRichard Wayne Ford, of Modesto, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 39
- JOSE R OVERMAN-RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- MARVIN LEROY POSPISILCorporal · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE PRICESergeant · February 24, 1969
- ALAN MICHAEL ROYSTONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JON BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 32
- MERLE FLOYD BUTLER IIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 31W, Line 32
- WILLIAM C CLINGER IIICorporal · Panel 31W, Line 33
- THOMAS ALFRED GARMANSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 35
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 31W, Line 38
- JIMMY LEE MYERSSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 38
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
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.