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DAVID ALLAN BALLOU
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1946 – August 22, 1968
Service recordDavid Allan Ballou, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 25
- CHARLES ROBERT BALESSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- KENNETH NEIL BRANDESCorporal · August 22, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIS E BROWNPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- PAUL ELMER PARKERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.