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Personal info

Full name
BALLARD, Herman Bostian
Date of birth
19 December 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Iredell County, North Carolina
Hometown
Davidson, Iredell County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34897145
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
21 December 1945
Place of death
Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Curtis W. Ballard (father)
Mary L. (Bostian) Ballard (mother)
Glenn A. Ballard (brother)
Muriel L. Ballard (sister)
Edward W. Ballard (brother)
Keith V. Ballard (brother)
Curtis W. Ballard (brother)
Ruby (Click) Ballard (wife)

More information

Pfc Herman B. Ballard enlisted atCamp Croft, South Carolina on 17 December 1943. He sent overseas in July 1944.

He was officially declared death one year and one day after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – Statesville Record And Landmark North Carolina 29 January 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten