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CHARLES ALAN BALLAUF
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
December 21, 1943 – July 7, 1967
Service recordCharles Alan Ballauf, of Oxnard, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- December 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 25
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES HERMAN BLANKENSHIPCaptain · July 7, 1967
- JOHN HENRY FERRIL IILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
- RUSSELL MOLDENHAUERWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 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.