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Personal info

Full name
BALLARD, Oda Zell
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Benton, Polk County, Tennessee
Hometown
McEwen, Humphreys County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
20456973
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 August 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mitry-Mory, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 4 63

Immediate family

Members
Clement Ballard (father)
Norah B. (Davidson) Ballard (mother)
William A. Ballard (brother)
Ester L. Ballard (sister)
Leola Ballard (sister)
Willadean Ballard (sister)
Geraldine Ballard (sister)
Clement Ballard Jr. (brother)
Alma L. (Bozeman) Ballard (wife)

More information

Pfc Oda Z. Ballard attended high school for 3 years before he joined the National Guard in Dickson, Tennessee on 16 September 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen - Company's 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy