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HONORED ON PANEL 31E, LINE 18 OF THE WALL
JIMMY LEE WARD
WALL NAME
JIMMY L WARD
PANEL / LINE
31E/18
DATE OF BIRTH
CASUALTY PROVINCE
DATE OF CASUALTY
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LEFT FOR JIMMY LEE WARD
POSTED ON 6.23.2010
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
Jimmy is buried at Hillcrest Mem Gardens, Nampal, ID. PH
POSTED ON 1.20.2006
POSTED BY: CLAY MARSTON
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
JIMMY LEE WARD
who served with
GOLF COMPANY
2nd BATTALION
9th MARINES
was a posthumous recipient of the
PURPLE HEART
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL
~~~ SEMPER FIDELIS ~~~
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
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Funeral services for Marine Corps Private First Class Jimmy Lee Ward, 20, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Flahiff Funeral Chapel here.
PFC Ward, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Ward of Caldwell, was killed in the Vietnam War on 30 November 1967 in the vicinity of Quang Tri.
Full military honors will be furnished by personnel from Mountain Home Air Force Base and from the Marine Corps headquarters in Boise.
Interment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
PFC Ward was born on 1 May 1947, in Nampa, and had lived all of his life in Canyon County before joining the Marine Corps.
He attended school in Caldwell and at Vallivue High School.
He also served with the National Guard unit before entering the regular service.
In addition to his parents, of Calwell, he is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Pamela Price of Nampa
and
Mrs. Sandra Fivecoat of Caldwell
his grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Ward
and
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Little
all of Nampa
and
a great-grandmother
Mrs. Lena Harper of Nampa.