William O. Ward

Second Lieutenant William Ogden Ward photo (Bismarck High School 1928)

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Burleigh

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
2nd Lieutenant

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Battery C

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
361st Field Artillery

Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Okinawa

Biography:

William Ogden Ward was born in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota on June 15, 1910, to Birlea (Burleigh) Oscar Ward and Mae A Wallace and he was married to Kathryn Charlotte Schmidt on January 16, 1937. He entered the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 26, 1942, and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater.  Second Lieutenant Ward was killed in action on April 19, 1945, in Okinawa, Japan. He was reburied from overseas (96th Division Cemetery, Number 1, Ryukyu, Retto) on March 2, 1948, in Block 22, Section 5, Grave 12900, Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Sources: Ancestry/Find a Grave