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THOMAS LESLIE WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1948 – January 7, 1968
Service recordThomas Leslie Ward, of Starkville, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Starkville, Mississippi (Oktibbeha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 77
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- PAUL HENLEY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOSEPH CLERMAN WIAR JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- MICHAEL LANCE WILSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
From Starkville
- GEORGE EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · May 28, 1962
- ROBERT MORRIS HILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD WARDPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- JACK ROWLEY LICHTE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM NEWTON JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1968
- VICTOR MICHAEL STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- ROBERT HORACE BENNETTCaptain · November 4, 1970
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.