THE WALL OF FACES

We never met but kept in touch through letters. I still have the Vietnamese paper money he sent me.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your sister Wilma Jean is touching. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever...

Petty Officer Third Class Arthur Wyman Ball, Served aboard the USS Genesee, Task Force 73 (TF-73), 7th Fleet.

We thank you for your service and your bravery! You answered the call when many others didn’t ! We will never forget your service or your sacrifice!

SF3 Arthur W. Ball was a shipfitter serving on the gasoline tanker USS Genesee (AOG-8). At 2316 hours on April 22, 1968, the Genesee began receiving enemy mortar fire while at anchor in the mouth of the Cua Viet River in Quang Tri Province, RVN. SF3 Ball was hit by shell fragments while on a damage control party investigation during the attack. He was medivacked to the hospital ship USS Sanctuary with a shrapnel wound to his lower abdomen on the left side. Ball succumbed to his wounds the following day. A second sailor was also injured in the attack. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]