HONORED ON PANEL 33W, LINE 35 OF THE WALL
JAMES HOWARD WARD
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JAMES H WARD
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33W/35
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POSTED ON 3.3.2024
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you.....
Remember to save for them a place inside of you, and save one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go...
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POSTED ON 10.31.2022
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear Sp5 James Ward, Thank you for your service as an Administrative Specialist. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart . Happy Halloween. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it still needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 7.19.2019
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Final Mission of SP5 James H. Ward
On February 1, 1969, a U.S. Army helicopter UH-1D (tail number 66-00845) from the 190th Assault Helicopter Company crashed at the helipad of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 30th Engineer Battalion in Hoc Mon, RVN. Three Americans and three ARVN passengers were killed in the incident. The lost U.S. personnel were pilot WO1 Jackson D. Barnes and passengers CPT Thomas E. Nichols and SP5 James H. Ward. Three others were injured. The incident occurred after the helicopter landed at the 30th ARVN Engineer Battalion helipad at approximately 1:40 PM with the three passengers on board. Four more passengers with some baggage were loaded on the UH-1D. The aircraft commander brought the helicopter to a hover in the northern corner of the helipad. The aircraft hovered at eight to ten feet above the ground for a period of two to three minutes. It was assumed that a hover-check was being conducted and the direction of the wind being assessed. The takeoff was made by aircraft commander who was sitting in the left seat of the aircraft. Without setting the aircraft on the ground, the helicopter took off directly into the wind, slightly to the left of a 40-foot tall flagpole. After the aircraft had traveled about 130 feet, its main rotor struck the flagpole which was constructed of a four-inch steel pipe with a faded yellow Vietnamese flag flying at its top. The strike caused the main transmission to be torn loose from the aircraft and the helicopter fell to the ground, landing on its right side. The tail boom was broken on impact and the engine continued to run at a high rpm after impact. The crew chief was unable to turn it off with the throttle or fuel switch. The aircraft did not burn due to the fact that personnel from the 30th Engineer compound used several fire extinguishers on it. The engine finally stopped about five to ten minutes after impact by the crew chief spraying a CO2 fire extinguisher into the engine inlet. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and vhpa.org]
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POSTED ON 11.6.2017
POSTED BY: Jerry Richmond
National Reading of the Names
You are not forgotten. I have the honor of reading your name at the 35th Anniversary of the Vietnam Wall. 11/8/2017 @19:08. RIP and thank you.
From a Nam brother
From a Nam brother
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POSTED ON 9.6.2016
POSTED BY: Daryl Berg
My roommate at College
Jim was my roommate freshman year at Bethel College St Paul MN in 1963. I had just returned from Japan after spending ten years in a small missionary school. Jim was a great roommate for this transition in my life. I served with The Old Guard - Fort Myer - 1968-69. We did funerals daily at Arlington Cemetery. 47 years later I plan to visit the wall in DC this week and find Jim's name.
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