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RICHARD ALAN BALLHEIM
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 5, 1946 – January 28, 1968
Service recordRichard Alan Ballheim, of La Porte City, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1946
- Home of record
- La Porte City, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 52
- RONALD SALVATORE RUSSOSergeant · January 27, 1968
- RALPH D WHEELER IIIHospitalman · January 27, 1968
- ISAIAH WHITESpecialist Four · January 27, 1968
- KURT FREDRICK ZIMMERMANCorporal · January 27, 1968
From La Porte City
- MICHAEL EUGENE MULLENSergeant · February 18, 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.