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THOMAS ELROY BALL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1947 – November 5, 1967
Service recordThomas Elroy Ball JR, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 23
- JERRY LEE WIGGINSCorporal · November 4, 1967
- GLEN RAYMOND WILLIAMSSergeant · November 4, 1967
- EARL GLENN COBEILLieutenant Colonel · November 5, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PATRICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EMMITT ROOSEVELT GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 24
- CHARLES KENNETH JOHNSTONCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 25
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.