Ball Ray Tennyson

Name:

Ray Tennyson Ball

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

415036

Unit:

9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division

Date of Death:

1944-07-31

State:

Nebraska

Cemetery:

Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA

Plot:

Section F

Row:

Grave:

Site 1097

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Ray Tennyson Ball was born on May 28, 1922, in Saratoga, Carbon County, Wyoming. He was the son of Ward Pennington Ball Sr. and Vivian America Fausett Gariepy.

He graduated from Rock Springs High School in 1941 and attended the University of Wyoming. He was selected as one of the honorary members of the Rock Springs Lions Club in 1941. Soon after the Pearl Harbor attack, he enlisted and saw service in the South Pacific. He had been overseas for 22 months. Ray trained for three months in San Diego, California.

He served in the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, as a Private First Class, during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 31, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.

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