Ward earned 9 bronze service stars—one as a destroyer and eight as an APD—on her Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon as follows:

1 Star	PEARL HARBOR-MIDWAY
1 Star	EASTERN NEW GUINEA OPERATIONS
1 Star	CONSOLIDATION OF SOUTHERN SOLOMONS
1 Star	NEW GEORGIA GROUP PERATIONS
1 Star	TREASURY-BOUGAINVILLE OPERATION
1 Star	BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO OPERATION
1 Star	HOLLANDIA OPERATION
1 Star	WESTERN NEW GUINEA OPERATION
1 Star	LEYTE LANDINGS

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