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CHARLES DAVISON BALLOU
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 29, 1928 – November 7, 1968
Service recordCharles Davison Ballou, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 7, 1968, in Laos, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 31
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 29, 1928
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 31
- JOEL VRUGGINKSpecialist Five · November 6, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES WELLSCorporal · November 6, 1968
- CHARLES LELAND ADKINSPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- JOSE DAVID BERMUDEZ JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
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.