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CLYDE JAMES BALL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1933 – July 30, 1970
Service recordClyde James Ball, of Stearns, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 68
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1933
- Home of record
- Stearns, Kentucky (Mccreary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 68
- DAVID ANDREW ALLENPrivate First Class · July 30, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE AUTENSergeant First Class · July 30, 1970
- DONALD ALAN BROWNMajor · July 30, 1970
- GARY ANTHONY CHAVEZCaptain · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL SPRINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 71
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.