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RUSSELL THOMAS FORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 22, 1945 – May 12, 1967
Service recordRussell Thomas Ford, of Dunedin, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 94
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Dunedin, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; two 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 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 94
- PAUL RICHARD EDINGTONLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES HOWARD ESTERGRENStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- GARY ALLAN FARLOWLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID LEE GALELance Corporal · May 12, 1967
From Dunedin
- BRADFORD BARTON GREENESpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- KEITH ALLEN MCENANYPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BORGCorporal · June 22, 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.