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GILBERT FLOYD BALLARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – July 18, 1967
Service recordGilbert Floyd Ballard, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 84
- THEODORE ELBA WESTBROOKPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD BROWNSergeant · July 18, 1967
- WALTER BROWNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- JAY BARKLOW MARTINE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 87
- STANLEY TOMASZEWSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 87
- JEROME SIMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 88
- WASH JUNIOR LINDSAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 89
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.