Terry Michael Ward (1948 - 1968)

Born 2 Jun 1948 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States of America

Died 16 May 1968 at age 19 in Quảng Nam, Vietnam

Biography

Terry Ward was awarded the Purple Heart.

Terry Ward is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Marine Corps
PFC Infantry, KIA in Vietnam

PFC Terry Ward was killed in action during the Vietnam War.

PFC Terry Ward served in the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War
Service started:
Unit(s): =A Co.,1st Bn, 7th Marine Regiment; 1st Marine Division, III MAF
Service ended:

Terry was born in 1948. He passed away in 1968. Terry, the son of Charles W. Ward Sr. (deceased), and Dorothy L. Ward of Bicknell IN, the brother of Donna J. Boyles of Brownsburg IN

Parents: Charles W. Ward 1917–1966 Dorothy L. Cooper Ward 1923–2003

Siblings: Donna J Ward Boyles 1945–2023

Military

Vietnam War US Marines PFC, A CO, 1ST BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF He enlisted in the US Marine Corps on August 24, 1967 in Indianapolis IN. He arrived in Vietnam on February 7 1968, and was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.

During Operation ALLEN BROOK, Company G 2d Battalion, and Company A 1st Battalion encountered a large NVA Regimental (36th) sized force of the 308th NVA Division in the heavily fortified village complex of Phu Dong on Go Noi Island. The Marines encountered heavy enemy fire, varying from individual small arms, to B-40 RPG's (Rocket Propelled Grenades), heavy machine-guns and mortar fire. The attacking Marine force began taking heavy casualties from an entrenched enemy who stood its ground in protective bunkers often fighting the Marines at close quarters.

Marine mortar fire and artillery support could not break the NVA defenses throughout most of the day, until finally the sweltering heat and an accumulation of fifty fixed wing air strikes forced the NVA out of their bunkers and trenches, afraid of encirclement by the evening the NVA broke contact and withdrew leaving some of their dead behind.

When the battle ended at the end of the day Company A counted their casualties, ten men had been killed in action and many more were wounded one would die of his severe wounds. Among the casualties was PFC Ward who had been killed in action as a result of multiple fragmentation wounds from hostile mortar fire.

Sources

Semper Fi Brother! Sgt R.C. Floyd, (Floyd-1923)

• www.virtualwall.org
• 1st Battalion 7th Marines Association and the1/7 Marines Vietnam Memorial, Marine Corps Museum, Quantico, Virginia, USA
• National Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C, USA
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70176268/terry_michael-ward: accessed April 8, 2024), memorial page for PFC Terry Michael Ward (2 Jun 1948–16 May 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70176268, citing Bicknell Memorial Cemetery, Bicknell, Knox County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Victor Vilionis (contributor 47207612).