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WILLIAM WALLACE FORD
Major · U.S. Army
August 25, 1927 – January 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam Wallace Ford, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 64
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Aviation Staff Officer (2518)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 25, 1927
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 64
- TERRANCE DEAN J FRANCISSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCISCO JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- PETER F GERSTENLAUERAirman First Class · January 10, 1969
- DANIEL LEE WESTLIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 10, 1969
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.