Richard F. Ward was born Sept. 5, 1917 to James A. and Gertrude C. D’Autremont Ward. He died June 13, 1944 and is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Melrose, IA.
Capt. Ward served in World War II with the U.S. Army 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division and was KIA at Normandy, France, on D-Day + 7.
Source: ancestry.com
