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WILLIAM DWIGHT ORDWAY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1946 – January 18, 1968
Service recordWilliam Dwight Ordway, of Baldwinville, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 70
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Baldwinville, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 70
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- RONALD L ROEHRICHLieutenant (junior grade) · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN SOLARISergeant · January 18, 1968
From Baldwinville
- EDWIN BYRON TUCKERCommander · April 24, 1967
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.