THE MEMORIAL George Robert Ward was my brother. I was just 8 years old when he was killed. I have been trying for a long time to find out about my brother, and I would very much like to hear from anyone who served with him. THE ACTION Lance Corporal Ward was a member of Kilo Company, 3/4 Marines. KILO and MIKE companies were positioned on Mutter's Ridge (LZ Sierra), south of the DMZ, and were engaged with the enemy. Helicopter squadron HMM-161 was operating in support of the ground forces. Mutter's Ridge (LZ Sierra) from Highway 9 A CH-46D (Call sign YR-31, BuNo 154841) brought in a load of supplies, then settled in the LZ to take on wounded Marines. The CH-46 was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and burst into fire, with at least one secondary explosion. A dozen Marines and one Navy Corpsman, some in the aircraft and some on the ground alongside, died in the conflagration. The dead included PFC James A Carpenter, USMC PFC Richard C Chubb, USMC PFC Earl F Falconbury, USMC PFC Ernest R Franks, USMC PFC Michael J Hayes Jr., USMC PFC Samuel Hope Jr., USMC LCPL Sydney C Howard, USMC HM2 William J Hutton, USN PFC Antonio E Ruiz, USMC PFC Richard W Smith, USMC LCPL William R Stolley Jr., USMC PFC Alan W Thornton, USMC LCPL George R Ward, Jr., USMC Further information is available on the Pop-A-Smoke site. Lance Corporal George R Ward also is memorialized by his comrades of the Thundering Third Marines

 

A memorial from his sister, Gail Baumberger Gbambi3@aol.com

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