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HENRY HERSCHEL BALLEW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 13, 1950 – August 23, 1968
Service recordHenry Herschel Ballew, of South Roxana, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 13, 1950
- Home of record
- South Roxana, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 37
- BARRY J BECANNENWarrant Officer 1 · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES LEE BERGEVINMajor · August 23, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH BERMINGHAMAirman · August 23, 1968
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · August 23, 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.