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GARY WAYNE BALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 25, 1948 – July 16, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Ball, of Walpole, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 38
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Equipment Repairer (35N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 69 SIG CO 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- May 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Walpole, New Hampshire (Cheshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 38
- RICHARD ANTHONY BANKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES BARRHospitalman · July 16, 1968
- HAROLD E BOWMANSergeant · July 16, 1968
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
From Walpole
- ROBERT QUENTIN ROENTSCHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1966
- DAVID ERNEST GARDNERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
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.