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EDWARD MEARL BALL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 21, 1948 – April 25, 1971
Service recordEdward Mearl Ball, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 11
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 11
- RICHARD MAURIC BEAUREGARDSergeant · April 24, 1971
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- LENO RENALDO DILLETTPrivate First Class · April 25, 1971
- KEITH EUGENE HANEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1971
From Cuyahoga Falls
- HOWARD LEROY BARDENCaptain · January 31, 1967
- OWEN RAY EMERYFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · June 11, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SEERYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 19, 1969
- PAUL ERIC LEESCorporal · February 5, 1970
- CLAYTON DONALD WHITCHERSergeant · April 7, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPELPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1970
- RONALD FREDERICK YALEFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1971
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.