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ALBERT THOMAS BALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1951 – September 30, 1971
Service recordAlbert Thomas Ball, of Duffield, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 30
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 25, 1951
- Home of record
- Duffield, Virginia (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 30
- PHILIP ROBERT WAGNERSergeant · September 28, 1971
- ROBERT WAYNE WENDTStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
- DONALD EVERETT PIERPOINTSergeant Major · September 29, 1971
- CHRIS ROGER BEHMSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JEFFERY LYNN WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 32
From Duffield
- OLEN WESLEY RASNICPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
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.