Champaign, IL
Captain Ward served with the 155th Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 17th Airborne Division. He is buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Plot E Row 9 Grave 13. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
-taken from Web site above and University records
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