Billy Glen Ballard

1925 - 1980  (54 years)

• Name	Billy Glen Ballard  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	11 Jun 1925	Sterling, Comanche, Oklahoma, USA   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Military Draft Registration	1943	Gunter, Grayson, Texas, USA   [4]
  	Draft Registration - WWII
  Military Service	31 Jul 1943  [2, 5, 6, 7]
  	US Navy - WWII; USS Sangamon (CVE-26)
  		Ship-USS Sangamon (CVE-26) The US Navy Escort Carrier Sangamon (ACV-26, later CVE-26) as converted, in September 1942. Originally Esso Trenton , a the T3 tanker oiler , built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, it was operated by Standard Oil of New Jersey on runs from gulf coast ports to the east coast. After entering service in the early part of the war in…
  Census	1950	Grayson County, Texas, USA   [1]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Hattie
  Death	2 Mar 1980	Grayson County, Texas, USA   [2, 6]
  Burial	Gunter Cemetery, Gunter, Grayson, Texas, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1808	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Hattie Faye Payne,   b. 26 Apr 1932, Grayson County, Texas, USA d. 8 Jun 2013, Denton County, Texas, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	26 Jul 1947	Grayson County, Texas, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Jun 1925 - Sterling, Comanche, Oklahoma, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1943 - Gunter, Grayson, Texas, USA Marriage - 26 Jul 1947 - Grayson County, Texas, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Hattie - 1950 - Grayson County, Texas, USA Death - 2 Mar 1980 - Grayson County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Ship-USS Sangamon (CVE-26) The US Navy Escort Carrier Sangamon (ACV-26, later CVE-26) as converted, in September 1942. Originally Esso Trenton , a the T3 tanker oiler , built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, it was operated by Standard Oil of New Jersey on runs from gulf coast ports to the east coast. After entering service in the early part of the war in…

  
  

• Sources

  [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Grayson, Texas; Roll. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Grayson, Texas; Roll [S9661] Find a Grave: BALLARD Billy G. [S10672] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Grayson County Clerk's Office; Sherman, Texas; Grayson County Marriage Records. Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 Grayson County Clerk's Office; Sherman, Texas; Grayson County Marriage Records [S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 72. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 72 [S116] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2011;), National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID. U.S., World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID [S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S168] Wikipedia: USS Sangamon (CVE-26), (Name: Wikipedia;), USS Sangamon (CVE-26). USS Sangamon (CVE-26) was a US Navy escort carrier of World War II. Originally Esso Trenton , a the T3 tanker oiler , built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, it was operated by Standard Oil of New Jersey on runs from gulf coast ports to the east coast. After entering service in the early part of the war in the Navy as a tanker, Sangamon was converted into an aircraft carrier. After conversion Sangamon was at the Allied invasion of French North Africa in 1943 before moving to the war in the Pacific. Post war it was sold into civilian ownership and scrapped in 1960. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sangamon_(CVE-26) Ship-USS Sangamon (CVE-26) The US Navy Escort Carrier Sangamon (ACV-26, later CVE-26) as converted, in September 1942. Originally Esso Trenton , a the T3 tanker oiler , built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, it was operated by Standard Oil of New Jersey on runs from gulf coast ports to the east coast. After entering service in the early part of the war in…