Vietnam veteran retiring from Guard after serving since 1970

Vietnam veteran retiring from Guard

One of the last veterans of the Vietnam War still serving in the North Dakota Army National Guard is retiring.

Master Sgt. Douglas F. Balliet will be honored at a retirement ceremony at 1 p.m. Monday at the Army Aviation Support Facility, 3410 Airway Ave., south of the Bismarck Airport. The event is open to the public.

A native of Linton, Balliet enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1970 and was assigned as an aircraft mechanic with the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Eagle, Vietnam, from September 1970, to September 1971.

After an additional tour in the active duty Army, Balliet joined the North Dakota Army National Guard in 1972.

He is assigned as the North Dakota Army National Guard’s aircraft maintenance supervisor.

There are two other Vietnam War veterans still serving in the North Dakota Army Guard.
Vietnam veteran retiring from Guard