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CARL AUGUSTUS BALLENGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1930 – October 20, 1967
Service recordCarl Augustus Ballenger, of Valley Station, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 42
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Born
- October 25, 1930
- Home of record
- Valley Station, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 42
- HERBERT LEON THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1967
- GORDON WALDEMAR WILLPrivate First Class · October 19, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD CLARK JRSergeant · October 20, 1967
- WAYNE ALBERT COLANTUONOSpecialist Four · October 20, 1967
From Valley Station
- ARTHUR DWIGHT SINGLETONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- REUBEN CARL MCMACKINS JRCorporal · April 14, 1968
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE CRUSELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- THEODORE IRWIN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · May 4, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT STOUTSpecialist Four · May 2, 1971
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.