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Personal info

Full name
BALL, Edward
Date of birth
30 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
McCreary County, Kentucky
Hometown
McCreary County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35662588
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Battery,
377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Foy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 8 50

Immediate family

Members
Lincoln E. Ball (father)
Laura J. (Davenport) Ball (mother)
Helen Ball (sister)
Leo W. Ball (brother)
Thelma L. Ball (sister)
William A. Ball (brother)

More information

Pfc Edward Ball enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 29 September 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lamm Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Hannah Majewski - William Taylor