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HARRISON BRUCE BALL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1946 – September 18, 1967
Service recordHarrison Bruce Ball, of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 87
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Sault Ste Marie, Michigan (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 87
- RONALD G YACKSSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- HENRY DENNIS BABERSFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM BOYERStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JIM HALLPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
From Sault Ste Marie
- MILAN CHAUNCEY WYDRACorporal · January 3, 1968
- HARRY HENRY DESORMEAUXSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES POLISKISpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- KENNETH EMERY VERRETTSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- RONALD REE SOMESSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
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.