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LUTHER EDWARD BALL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1949 – April 13, 1969
Service recordLuther Edward Ball JR, of Kissimmee, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Kissimmee, Florida (Osceola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 70
- KEITH DOBSON ALLEN JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 13, 1969
- LARRY BRUCE BARFIELDSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- RICHARD IRVING BRENNERCorporal · April 13, 1969
- ROBERT JAY BRINKMANSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD IRVING BRENNERCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 70
- IRVING S CHENOWETH IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 71
- ANDERSON NEELY RENSHAW IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 71
- RONALD BRUCE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 73
- LARRY CHARLES MARTINSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 75
- RICHARD ALLAN BROWNEPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 77
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHMELZLESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 78
From Kissimmee
- CORNELIUS J B CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- LARRY RAYMOND CLEMONSLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- LEWIS EUGENE SAMPLERStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL SIKESSpecialist Five · July 28, 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.