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RONALD WAYNE WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – May 22, 1967
Service recordRonald Wayne Ward, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 88
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 88
- PETER LYLE VALENCICHSergeant · May 22, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- KENNETH GLEN WORMANPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- BOBBIE MAXSEN AUTONSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 82
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 82
- LEONARD ANTHONY MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 85
- ROBERT L MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 85
- HARRY JOHN MCGUIRE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 86
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 86
- KENNETH GLEN WORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 88
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- FOSTER JEWELL G TOUART JRPrivate First Class · September 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.