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HONORED ON PANEL 10W, LINE 21 OF THE WALL
JAMES VINCENT BALLAY
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JAMES V BALLAY
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10W/21
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LEFT FOR JAMES VINCENT BALLAY
POSTED ON 4.12.2006
POSTED BY: Jane Fulkerson
Photo of James Ballay
POSTED ON 3.29.2006
POSTED BY: Bill Nelson
Never Forgotten
FOREVER REMEMBERED
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind...."
Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.
We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heroes lost to the War in Vietnam:
Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.
From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind...."
Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.
We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heroes lost to the War in Vietnam:
Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.
From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers
POSTED ON 2.1.2004
From Missouri
James was born January 4, 1949 and his home of record was Monett, Missouri. He was a 1967 graduate of Monett High School and was married to Marilyn (Hamilton). He was also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ballay and four sisters: Judy, Mary Jane, Barbara and Betty.
He is buried In Mt. Calvary Cemetery, near Monett, Mo.
God rest your soul, Currahee!
He is buried In Mt. Calvary Cemetery, near Monett, Mo.
God rest your soul, Currahee!
POSTED ON 2.1.2004
POSTED BY: McColt
Currahee
He died on May 12, 1970. I believe it is possible he was one of the 28 wounded on May the 10th, when eight Currahees were also killed, while in Cambodia. Anyone wishing to connect with the surviving members of this unit, please contact www.currahee.org.