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WALTER LEONARD WARD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1948 – June 7, 1967
Service recordWalter Leonard Ward, of Harvey, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 71
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Harvey, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 71
- RICHARD KNAPPLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL VERCRUYSSEHospitalman · June 7, 1967
- FLETCHER DANNY WHIPSLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
From Harvey
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JACK RICHARD SUTTONCorporal · January 14, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · March 21, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · December 3, 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.