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DAVID MARTIN BALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1945 – August 2, 1969
Service recordDavid Martin Ball, of Austin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 84
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 84
- JAMES THACKERGunnery Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- FRANK DANIEL WALTHERSCorporal · August 1, 1969
- HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1969
- ROBERT GLEN ARDOINSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 85
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 86
- DANIEL ALBERT IRELANSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 87
- RICHARD KENNETH LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 87
- DWIGHT PINZA MCKEATHONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 88
- ALEXANDER P POMEROYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 88
- THOMAS KEVIN RYANSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 89
- JAMES SHELTON STACEYSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 89
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 90
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.