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PAUL ALLEN BALLARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1947 – January 20, 1969
Service recordPaul Allen Ballard, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 40
- JUAN CARLOS QUINTANASpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- GENE LEROY SCHUKARSergeant · January 19, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH SMITHCorporal · January 19, 1969
- JAMES LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN FOREMANCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 41
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 41
- EDWARD HAROLD MANNSergeant First Class · Panel 34W, Line 43
- TERRY LYNN MARTINCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 43
- JOHN MACARTHUR PAGESecond Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 44
- RONALD EDWARD STOKERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 45
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.