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TONY ROBERT WARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1949 – May 20, 1970
Service recordTony Robert Ward, of East Point, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 73
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1949
- Home of record
- East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 73
- KENNETH STEPHEN VORESergeant · May 20, 1970
- JOHN HOWARD WAALENStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER WHEELERSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
- WARREN LYNN WOZENCRAFTCaptain · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EMMET CAINCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 68
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETTCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- GARY WAYNE GEARSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 70
- RALPH THOMAS MUELLERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 71
From East Point
- WILBUR DEAN RAINWATERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD MANNINGAirman · July 29, 1967
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- LEWIS LEONARD SLOANPrivate · November 16, 1967
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
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.