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Casualty Info
Home Town Valley Station, KY
Last Address Valley Station, KY
Casualty Date Oct 20, 1967
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Suicide
Location Bien Hoa (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Fort Knox Post Cemetery (VLM) - Fort Knox, Kentucky
Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 28E, Site 042
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Casualty Occurrence: POSTED ON 10.25.2018, POSTED BY: WKILLIAN@SMJUHSD.ORG, GROUND CASUALTY, SSG Carl A. Ballenger was a Track Vehicle Mechanic serving with the 553rd Maintenance Company (Heavy Equipment). On October 20, 1967, SSG Ballenger died in Bien Hoa Province, RVN, where it was reported he took his own life. He was 36 years-old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]
Comments/Citation:
SSG Carl A. Ballenger was a Track Vehicle Mechanic serving with the 553rd Maintenance Company (Heavy Equipment). SSG Ballenger died in Bien Hoa Province. Obituary from Louisville Courier Journal, October 28, 1967. "Sgt Carl A. Ballenger, 36, a former resident of Muldraugh, Ky, was killed in action on October 27, in Vietnam. Details of his death are not immediately known. Ballenger of Killeen, Tx, had been in the Army for 13 years. He was a native of Corinth, Kentucky. Survivors include his widow, the former Regina Hook, two daughters, Barbara Ann and Carol Sue; two sons, Terry W. and Carl T. and his mother, Mrs. Elzora Ballenger of Muldraugh. The funeral will be at the Post Chapel."
