Gerald Leonard BALL ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

WWII DRAFT CARDS YOUNG MEN, 1940-1947:
Name: Gerald Leonard Ball
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 21
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 20 Nov 1918
Birth Place: Walthill, Nebraska, USA
Residence Place:South Sioux City, Dakota, Nebraska, USA
Registration Date:16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: South Sioux City, Dakota, Nebraska, USA
Employer: Unemployed
Weight: 154
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 10
Next of Kin: Edith May Ball (mother)

WWII ARMY ENLISTMENT RECORDS, 1938-1946:
Name: Gerald L Ball
Race: White
Marital status: Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank: Private
Birth Year: 1918
Nativity State or Country: Nebraska
Citizenship: Citizen
Residence: Multnomah, Oregon
Education: 4 years of high school
Enlistment Date: 28 Mar 1942
Enlistment Place: Portland, Oregon
Service Number: 39306331
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Height: 68
Weight: 142

WA, MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1854-2013:
Name: Gerald L Ball
Prior Marriages: None
Gender: Male
Application Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1920
Birth Place: Nebraska, USA
Occupation: Parts man
Application Date: 2 Sep 1946
Application Place: Clark, Washington, USA
Father: "Irven" Ball
Mother: Edith Ball
Spouse: Violet L Thunburg
Prior Marriages: 1 (divorced)
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Application Age: 27
Spouse's Birth Date: abt 1919
Spouse's Birth Place: South Dakota, USA
Occupation: CLeaners
Spouse's Father: Chas M
Spouse's Mother: Neva M Bickell
(Note: Violet's father's surname was not listed, but is assumed to be Mace. Violet's mother married second, Gerald's brother Ira.)

1950 OR CENSUS, Lane Co, Thurston Precinct:
Ira V. Ball, 41, b. NE, farm hand, farming;
Neva, wife, 53, b. MO;
"Jerrold" L., son, 30, married, b.NE, truck driver, freight line;
Violet, dau-in-law, 31, married, b. SD;
John Thornburg, grandson, 11, b. OR;
Jerry Ball, grandson, 2, b. OR.
(Note: It is likely that "Jerrold (Gerald) is Ira's brother instead of son.)

U.S. VETERANS GRAVESITES, ca. 1775-2006:
Name: Gerald L Ball
Birth Year: 1918
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Nebraska
State: Oregon
County or City: Multnomah
Enlistment Date: 28 Mar 1942
Enlistment State: Oregon
Enlistment City: Portland
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 142

SSDI: Gerald Ball; b. Nov 20, 1918; d. May 1982; issued NE; last residence: Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.

OR DEATH INDEX, 1903-98: Gerald Lee Ball; b. Nov 20, 1918; d. May 2, 1982 in Multnomah Co., OR; 63.

U.S. VETERANS GRAVESITES, ca. 1775-2006:
Name: Gerald L Ball
Service Info.: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 20 Nov 1918
Death Date: 2 May 1982
Service Start Date: 28 Mar 1942
Interment Date: 4 May 1982
Cemetery: Willamette National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 11800 SE MT. Scott Boulevard Portland, OR 97266
Buried At: Section F Site 7124-F

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Gerald L Ball
Birth Date: 20 Nov 1918
Death Date: 2 May 1982
Cemetery: Willamette National Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States of America
Has Bio?: N

Gerald married Violet Luetta MACE on 2 Sep 1946 in Clark Co, WA.¹ (Violet Luetta MACE was born on 25 Nov 1918 in Hurley, Turner Co, SD ^{1 7 8} and died on 26 Jul 2003 in Eugene, Lane Co, OR ^{7 8 9}.)