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ADAM DAVID BALLARD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1946 – April 23, 1967
Service recordAdam David Ballard, of Olathe, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 73
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Olathe, Colorado (Montrose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 73
- ROGER LEE VERWERSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- CLARENCE L WAYPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- HENRY LUE WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- EUGENE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.