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GERALD ROY BALLARD
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 7, 1948 – August 18, 1968
Service recordGerald Roy Ballard, of Whitewright, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Whitewright, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 37
- RUSTON LEE BAKERLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH MAYNARD BALDWINPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- MARTIN JOHN BEGOSHSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- CHARLES THEODORE BELASCOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD GORDON BELLOMYSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 38
From Whitewright
- JIMMY FRED BURCHFIELDSergeant · March 20, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE BOWSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
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.