The Wall › Panel 16E › Illinois › Melvin Ballard
MELVIN BALLARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1940 – March 11, 1967
Service recordMelvin Ballard, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 56
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 56
- LOREN AARON ARMLINSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES BAKERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- EDWARD HARDING BALLARDCorporal · March 11, 1967
- DONALD LEE BENNETTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- LEE ANDREW RAWNPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HARDING BALLARDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 56
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FORREST DEAN HOEMEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 58
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 59
- JAMES TOSHI KAJIWARASergeant · Panel 16E, Line 60
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 61
- RONALD LEE MANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- JOHN DARRELL NOKESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · Panel 16E, Line 64
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 64
- ROLAND JUNIOR SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 65
- GALE KURK VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 66
- ROBERT CARL VOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
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.