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ROBERT WILLIAM WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1950 – July 25, 1970
Service recordRobert William Ward, of Concord, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 53
- J V WATSONCorporal · July 25, 1970
- MARTIN WILLARD WRIGHTSergeant · July 25, 1970
- DARWIN OTHEL BRANDONPrivate First Class · July 26, 1970
- MURVYN EUGENE HARGRAVESSergeant · July 26, 1970
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 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.