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WILLIAM LEE WARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1944 – December 1, 1966
Service recordWilliam Lee Ward, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Tahlequah, Oklahoma (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 2
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- CLIFFORD SMITHCaptain · December 1, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BODZICKSpecialist Four · December 2, 1966
- JOHNNIE WAYNE CARDWELLPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 1
- GARY LUMPKINPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 1
From Tahlequah
- RONNIE COURTNEYSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEE BLACKFOXPrivate First Class · February 17, 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.