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ROBERT IRVING BALLARD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1943 – February 3, 1968
Service recordRobert Irving Ballard, of West Monroe, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1943
- Home of record
- West Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 3
- CARL LYNN WESTCaptain · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT CARL ANDERSONLance Corporal · February 3, 1968
- FRANK ANTHONY AZZARITO JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK ANTHONY AZZARITO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 3
- MICHAEL BERNARD CERVERASpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 4
- HAROLD LEROY GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 7
- HAROLD S HIGGINBOTHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 8
- EDWARD WENDELL HUGHEYPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 8
- HOI TIN LAUPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 10
- EDWARD MANOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 10
- DAVID QUINONESPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 12
- EUGENE DURWOOD TREADWELLSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 15
From West Monroe
- CARL DANIEL VIOLALance Corporal · May 30, 1966
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · March 8, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON JRPetty Officer Second Class · April 25, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- BOBBY RAY TALTONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM BENJAMIN EZELLLance Corporal · November 18, 1968
- JIMMY CARTERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
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.