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JAMES ARTHUR BALLINGER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1947 – January 31, 1968
Service recordJames Arthur Ballinger, of Rochester, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 85
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Rochester, Indiana (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 85
- RUSSELL MONROE AMOSSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GLENN EUGENE ANKRUMCommander · January 31, 1968
- CAREY C ANTHONYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GARY ALAN BANGLOSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
From Rochester
- JAMES ROBERT UTTERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- MARVIN RAY WHITECorporal · April 29, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN NUNNSergeant · April 25, 1970
- CARL DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1972
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.