Pfc. Mathis O. Ball, Jr., was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Chochiwon, South Korea on July 12, 1950. His remains were not recovered at the time and he was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Pfc. Mathis O. Ball, Jr., were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed in the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial.