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WILLIAM JAMES WARD JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – April 15, 1971
Service recordWilliam James Ward JR, of Stantonsburg, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 127
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Stantonsburg, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1971; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 127
- MANUEL CHICK NAJERA JRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1971
- GEORGE ARTHUR PACHECOStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1971
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · April 15, 1971
- GREGORY ALLAN TYNESSpecialist Five · April 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE BALESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 125
- JEFFRY EDWARD COWLEYSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 125
- ROBERT JOHN DUTKIEWICZCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 126
- THOMAS J GETTELFINGERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- TERRY WILLARD GREENEPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 126
- ROBERT CHARLES HEINSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- PAUL MCKENZIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- GEORGE ARTHUR PACHECOStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 127
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 127
- JOHN LANNING WILSON JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 128
From Stantonsburg
- CHARLIE VANCE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- WILLIAM RUFUS SPEIGHTSpecialist Four · May 19, 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.