ISOB Thomas Ward -25th Infantry Division
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In the center of the cemetery.
A standard upright US Military white inscribed gravestone.
PFC Thomas John Ward was the first Irish man to be killed during the Korean War. Originally from Belfast, but grew up in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan. Ward resided at large in the US and served in the 35th Infantry Regiment of the 25th “Tropical Lightning” Infantry Division during the Korean War. He was killed while defending the Chung-ni-Mason route into the Pusan Perimeter, South Korea on August 22, 1950.
Source: Irish at War Podcast
Monument Text:
THOMAS
JOHN
WARD JR.
IRELAND
PFC 35TH INFANTRY
25TH INFANTRY DIV
KOREA
OCTOBER 20, 1926
AUGUST 22, 1950
PH
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Units:
25th Infantry Divsion
35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division
Wars:
Korean War
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