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JAMES MARVIN BALL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 8, 1942 – September 16, 1970
Service recordJames Marvin Ball, of Burbank, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 67
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- September 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Burbank, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 67
- DAVID BRUCE TOLERCorporal · September 15, 1970
- FRANCIS JEFFREY TROTTAPrivate First Class · September 15, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT BODISHSpecialist Four · September 16, 1970
- JAMES BROWN JRSergeant · September 16, 1970
From Burbank
- DONALD EDWARD CLOSECaptain · May 15, 1965
- JAMES ALVIN BEENELieutenant Commander · October 5, 1966
- STEVEN DAVID FRANCISPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- STEPHEN DONALD PLEASANTPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- STEPHEN PAUL HANSONMajor · June 3, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL ENRIQUEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
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.