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Last Rank
Private
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Last Service Branch
Infantry
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Last Primary MOS
604-Light Machine Gunner
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Last MOS Group
Infantry (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1918-1918, 605, 102nd Infantry Division
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Service Years
1917 - 1918
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Cold War Certificate
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
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SSG Jerry Dennis
to remember
Ballard, Frederick, Pvt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
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Last Address
Ludlow
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Casualty Date
Sep 26, 1918 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Artillery, Rocket, Mortar |
Location
France |
Conflict
World War I |
Location of Interment
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Wall/Plot Coordinates
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Last Known Activity
See page 286 of citation given;
Ballard, Frederick E. (deceased), 109677, Private, Company C, 102nd Machine Gun Battalion, 26th Division.
Awarded the Army Distinguished Service Cross for "extraordinary heroism in action near Marcheville, France, September 26, 1918." See Decoration for details.
Residence at time of Enlistment: 82 Andover Street, Ludlow, Vermont
Next of Kin: Mrs. Jessie E. Ballard, mother, same address as above.
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Comments/Citation
Source: Vermont in the World War, 1917-1919
Printed by Legislative Authority of Vermont, 1919 Session
John T. Cushing, Arthur F. Stone, Editors
Captain Harold P. Sheldon, Military Historian
759 pages, with photos of prominent military men from Vermont
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