Lt Ken Ballard, my hero!
A Public Memorial
Service with full Military Honors will be
held:
June 9, 2004 at
10:30 a.m.
Mountain View Sports Pavilion
1185 Castro St.
Mountain View, CA 94040
Immediately after the Memorial, there will be
a private burial ceremony for the family
only.
Approximately 2 p.m. we will gather at Cuesta
Park in Mountain View for a Celebration of
Ken's life!
That's where we hope to hear the "real" Ken stories- perhaps the ones we couldn't hear at the memorial, the unedited ones!
It
will give me time to meet with those who I
haven't been able to chat with.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been
set up in Ken's name.
Proceeds will be used for educational and/or patriotic endeavors
Checks may be made payable to:
"Lt Ken Ballard Fund"
PO Box 1102
Mountain View, CA 94042-1102.
Alternately, a donation in Ken's name to the
charity of your choice would also be
appreciated.
San Francisco Chronicle, 6/4/04
Congressional Record, Hon Fortney Pete Stark, 6/8/04
Mountain View Voice, Editorial, 6/11/04
Mountain View Voice, Letters to the Editor, 6/18/04
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 6/21/04
Next of Kin- Families Mourn Loss of War Dead- CBS 5 KPIX, Sept 9,2004 (video)
KCBS Radio- Next of Kin - 9/9/04 (audio)
Next of Kin , SF Chronicle, 9/9/2004
Next of Kin- A Family Town Hall, SF Chronicle, 9/9/04
Don't Look too Closely at the War, SF Chronicle, 9/9/04
2005
284 Base Support Battalion, Public Affairs Office, 1/18/05
Pulse Journal, 3/24/05 (Cox News)
MTSU Sidelines Online, 4/11/05
Sacramento News & Review May 5, 2005
Silicon Valley Metro, 5/19/05 (Cover story)
Los Gatos Weekly Times, 5/25/05
USA Today, 5/28/05- video
Editorial, Gwinnett Daily Post, Gwinnett County, GA 5/28/05
Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, TN, 5/30/05
San Jose Mercury News, 5/30/05
San Mateo Daily Journal 5/30/05
Mountain View Voice, June 10, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle, June 17, 2005
Middleton, NY Times-Herald Record, June 20, 2005
Contra Costa Times, August 17. 2005
WNYC (Brian Lehrer Radio Show), August 24, 2005
Mountain View Voice, August 26, 2005
Palo Alto Weekly, August 31, 2005
Capital Times, Madison, WI, September 5, 2005
Badger-Herald, September 7, 2005
Beacon News Online, September 8, 2005
Ist Armor Division Public Affairs, September 9, 2005
North West Cable News, September 10, 2005
Army Public Affairs, September 12, 2005
SF Chronicle, September 12, 2005
Stars & Stripes Online, September 12, 2005
SJ Mercury News (Column), September 13,2005
SJ Mercury News, September 13, 2005
Stars & Stripes, October 14, 2005
San Jose Mercury News, November 12, 2005
SF Chronicle, November 12, 2005
2006
Stars & Stripes, February 24, 2006
California Chronicle, March 9, 2006 Karen Meredith CA CD 22 Woman of the Year
San Jose Mercury News, March 19, 2006
2007
2008
CNN Headline News KGO ABC7 San Francisco, CA
3.19.2008 3.24.2008
ABC 7, San Francisco- Bay Area Remembers Fallen Soldiers, March 24, 2008 also here
Mountain View Voice, March 28, 2008 Grim Milestone for Iraq War
updated 4/20/2008