Ballard, Frederick, PVT

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Private

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
604-Light Machine Gunner

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1918-1918, 605, 102nd Infantry Division

Service Years
1917 - 1918

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Vermont

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Casualty Info

Last Address Ludlow
Casualty Date Sep 26, 1918
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location France	Conflict World War I

Official Badges

Army Honorable Service Lapel Pin (1920-1939)

Unofficial Badges

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Army Wound Ribbon (WWI) - 1918

Name of Award
Army Wound Ribbon (WWI)

Year Awarded
1918

Last Updated:
Apr 28, 2016

This ribbon does not rate any devices for subsequent awards

Details Behind Award

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.

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