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MICHAEL ROGER BALL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordMichael Roger Ball, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 42
- ANTONIO LOPEZ ALHOSergeant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS ATKINSON JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE BARNETTStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1969
- PATRICK HENRY BENZESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 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.