William Craig Ballou Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

William Craig Ballou

State of Birth:

MI

Home State:

MI

Gender

Male

Race

White

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War or Conflict

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1966-1969

Entrance into Service

Enlisted

Branch of Service

Army

Unit of Service

525th Military Intelligence Group, Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV)

Location of Service

Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Holabird and Fort Ritchie, Maryland; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Vietnam

Battles/Campaigns

Tet Offensive 1968

Highest Rank

E-5

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

The veteran served as an Intelligence Analyst, assigned to Advisory Team 51, Army, Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), 21st Infantry Division.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photograph

Interviewer:

William Vollano

Contributor:

Mimi Chapman

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Ypsilanti District Library and Ypsilanti Rotary

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/85054

Subjects:

Ballou, William Craig

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives

United States. Army.

Cite as:

William Craig Ballou Collection
(AFC/2001/001/85054), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress