Billy R. Ball

World War II
Service #17032792
UnitHeadquarters Detachment, Philippine Department
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From Missouri
Date of DeathSeptember 28 1942
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Walls of the Missing
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Pfc. Billy R. Ball were accounted for in 2017. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at Manila American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.