Ward served as a Technical Sergeant on B-24J #42-99801, 737th Bomber Squadron, 454th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Tuscola County, Michigan prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 23, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
Ward was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 crashed in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Italy and was later repatriated here on February 15, 1950.
Service # 16108438
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Airmen who perished on
B-24J #42-99801:
Blasius, Ward H ~ T/Sgt, MI
Dorazio, Nicola A ~ S/Sgt, PA
Goggin, James R ~ S/Sgt, VA
Hart, Meredith ~ 2nd Lt, TX
Hawks, Wilbur K ~ T/Sgt, CO
Huff, Raymond E ~ T/Sgt, NY
Johnstone, Gerald H ~ 2nd Lt, CA
Laforce, Raymond L ~ S/Sgt, MA
McNabb, Claude F ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IL
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Tuscola County, Michigan prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 23, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
Ward was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 crashed in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Italy and was later repatriated here on February 15, 1950.
Service # 16108438
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on
B-24J #42-99801:
Blasius, Ward H ~ T/Sgt, MI
Dorazio, Nicola A ~ S/Sgt, PA
Goggin, James R ~ S/Sgt, VA
Hart, Meredith ~ 2nd Lt, TX
Hawks, Wilbur K ~ T/Sgt, CO
Huff, Raymond E ~ T/Sgt, NY
Johnstone, Gerald H ~ 2nd Lt, CA
Laforce, Raymond L ~ S/Sgt, MA
McNabb, Claude F ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IL
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Ward served as a Technical Sergeant on B-24J #42-99801, 737th Bomber Squadron, 454th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Tuscola County, Michigan prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 23, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
Ward was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 crashed in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Italy and was later repatriated here on February 15, 1950.
Service # 16108438
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on
B-24J #42-99801:
Blasius, Ward H ~ T/Sgt, MI
Dorazio, Nicola A ~ S/Sgt, PA
Goggin, James R ~ S/Sgt, VA
Hart, Meredith ~ 2nd Lt, TX
Hawks, Wilbur K ~ T/Sgt, CO
Huff, Raymond E ~ T/Sgt, NY
Johnstone, Gerald H ~ 2nd Lt, CA
Laforce, Raymond L ~ S/Sgt, MA
McNabb, Claude F ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IL
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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He resided in Tuscola County, Michigan prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 23, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
Ward was "Killed In Action" when his B-24 crashed in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
He was originally interred in Italy and was later repatriated here on February 15, 1950.
Service # 16108438
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldier's were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on
B-24J #42-99801:
Blasius, Ward H ~ T/Sgt, MI
Dorazio, Nicola A ~ S/Sgt, PA
Goggin, James R ~ S/Sgt, VA
Hart, Meredith ~ 2nd Lt, TX
Hawks, Wilbur K ~ T/Sgt, CO
Huff, Raymond E ~ T/Sgt, NY
Johnstone, Gerald H ~ 2nd Lt, CA
Laforce, Raymond L ~ S/Sgt, MA
McNabb, Claude F ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, IL
( Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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