Name:
Joseph F. Ward
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
Unit:
1st Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-05-30
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France
Plot:
C
Row:
16
Grave:
7
Decoration:
Comments:
Joseph F. Ward was born on October 18, 1900. He was the son of Patrick M. Ward and Mary McCabe Ward, brother of Thomas F., John P., Lawrence A., Anna Cecelia Ward Long, Helen Clare Ward Lucey and Andrew L. He entered the military service in New York. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private First Class in Company B, 1st Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He died on May 30, 1918 and is now buried in Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France.