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ROSCOE WILLET BALL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1949 – March 22, 1969
Service recordRoscoe Willet Ball JR, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 8
- JOHN BARCA JRLance Corporal · March 22, 1969
- MORRIS SAMPSON BEESONChief Petty Officer · March 22, 1969
- RALPH NEVIN BICKFORDCorporal · March 22, 1969
- ARMIN JOCHAIM BLAKESergeant First Class · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILBUR ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 7
- ARMIN JOCHAIM BLAKESergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 8
- JOHN RALPH BRANDBORGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 9
- HARVEY GORDON ENZSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 10
- MICHAEL EDWARD HERMSENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 11
- JAMES ALLEN MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 13
- LAUVI PAUL PHILIP PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 13
- ANGEL REYESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 13
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 15
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 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.