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JIMMY REX BALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1941 – May 28, 1966
Service recordJimmy Rex Ball, of Rogersville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 113
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Rogersville, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 113
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS GLYNNESecond Lieutenant · May 28, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY HARKLESSPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- ROY MITCHELL JONESSpecialist Five · May 28, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANTHONY HARKLESSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 113
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 113
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 114
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 114
From Rogersville
- GEORGE THOMAS MANGRUMLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- ALBERT JUNIOR JONESSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.