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EDMOND TELLO BALLANCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1950 – June 6, 1971
Service recordEdmond Tello Ballance, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 67
- LARRY LEE MILLERSergeant · June 5, 1971
- DAVIS JUNIOR MORGANSergeant First Class · June 5, 1971
- WILLIAM KERRY TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1971
- BILLY HERDON WYATTSpecialist Five · June 5, 1971
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.