Ward, Robert F. Jr.
Florida Army National Guard Staff sergeant

Robert F. Jr. Ward, age 35, from Lakeland, Florida.

Service era: Iraq

Date of death: Saturday, March 3, 2001
Death details: Among 18 Virginia Guard engineers and 3 Florida Army National Guard aviators who died when their plane crashed in a cotton field near Unadilla, Georgia. They were returning home after completing a 2 week military construction project at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Investigators blamed the crash on an overloaded plane with too much crago in the rear.

Source: Virginia National Guard, Pensacola New Journal (2001)