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JAMES VINCENT BALLAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – May 12, 1970
Service recordJames Vincent Ballay, of Monett, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Monett, Missouri (Barry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 21
- DANIEL JOSEPH YADOCKCorporal · May 11, 1970
- CARROLL EDWARD ADAMS JRBrigadier General · May 12, 1970
- GLENN ARTHUR ADAMSChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 12, 1970
- KENNETH DEVON BENNETTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STAN MENDYSpecialist Six · Panel 10W, Line 26
From Monett
- THOMAS HUBERT WOLFECaptain · June 28, 1966
- HOWARD ANDREW THREETCorporal · May 6, 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.