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LOUIS ROBERT BALOG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1945 – February 4, 1968
Service recordLouis Robert Balog, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
He died in Tuyen Duc Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 37E, Line 18
- DINGUS BANKS JRFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- FREDRICK HALL BECKMEYERPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- BILLY JOE BLACKSTENFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1968
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 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.