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JOHN ROBERT BALL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1939 – June 19, 1965
Service recordJohn Robert Ball, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 14
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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 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 14
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- HAROLD ALLEN ATCHERSpecialist Five · June 19, 1965
- DAVID GUY LUCASCorporal · June 19, 1965
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · January 5, 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.