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THOMAS LESLIE SNIDER BALL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1948 – November 30, 1967
Service recordThomas Leslie Snider Ball, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 8
- WARD GUNARD WALTERSergeant · November 29, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- ELEANOR GRACE ALEXANDERCaptain · November 30, 1967
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · November 30, 1967
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.