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CARL HERSHEL BALLARD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 9, 1939 – July 18, 1963
Service recordCarl Hershel Ballard, of Madill, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Madill, Oklahoma (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1963
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1963. In July 1963, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 25
- RAYMOND FRANCIS PARKSStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1962
- JACK LANCE GOODMANMaster Sergeant · July 18, 1963
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- ROBERT KEAL MOSIERCaptain · July 18, 1963
From Madill
- JOE RITCHARD JORDANSergeant · March 21, 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.