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VICTOR JAMES FORD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1943 – April 29, 1966
Service recordVictor James Ford, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FORCE 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 8
- JOSEPH AGUIGUI CRUZPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK EGANLieutenant Commander · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT ENOCH FOSTER JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
From Upper Darby
- EDWARD WILLIAM REILLYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRANCIS EDWARD SMILEYMajor · August 27, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH HUMMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- FRANK JAMES MASTROMATTEOLance Corporal · April 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWSSergeant · August 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- GREGORY JOSEPH THOMASSergeant · January 15, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.