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JOHN RICHARD BALLARD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1939 – August 29, 1966
Service recordJohn Richard Ballard, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 55
- FRANK LEROY BARBEEPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- DONALD BOYD SMITHSergeant · August 28, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES CONRADPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 56
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
- TERRY PHILIP BRADYCorporal · September 29, 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.