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MICHAEL EDWARD BALL
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 18, 1952 – April 17, 1971
Service recordMichael Edward Ball, of Newport, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 130
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 18, 1952
- Home of record
- Newport, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 130
- MICHAEL JAMES WHALENSpecialist Four · April 16, 1971
- BERNARD GEORGE ALBERTSONCaptain · April 17, 1971
- WILLIS NORWOOD ANDREWSSergeant · April 17, 1971
- BARRY EDWARD BROWNPrivate · April 17, 1971
From Newport
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- CHARLES FREDERICK SWOPECaptain · November 9, 1966
- JAY C TIPTONLance Corporal · November 22, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR SMITHPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- CLARENCE HALLSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK EARL BLAGGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · September 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH BERNINGLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
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.