INFORMATION FROM FIND-A-GRAVE WEBSITE:
 
PVT Robert Gordon Ball
Birth          1 Mar 1929, Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA
Death          28 Aug 1946 (aged 17), Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial         Evergreen Memorial Park, Hobart, Lake County, Indiana, USA
Memorial ID    157663345

This information and the picture below were obtained from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157663345/robert-gordon-ball. The picture above was obtained from the 1946 HHS Memories yearbook, made available by the Lake County Public Library, at:
https://archive.org/details/HOHS1946Images/.

INFORMATION PROVIDED BY BARBARA MARLER:

Deceased Classmate: ROBERT BALL
Date Of Birth: MAR-1-1929
Date Deceased: 1946
Age at Death: 17
Cause of Death: POLIO

Was a Veteran: Yes Army
Survived By: SISTER

ROBERT (BOB) JOINED THE ARMY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL ..STATIONED IN S.C. AND GOT POLIO; SHIPPED TO WALTER REED HOSP WAS IN IRON LUNG WHEN HE PASSED AWAY IN SUMMER OF 1946.

ARTICLE FROM INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SEPTEMBER 5, 1946:

This article was obtained via Newspapers.com, at: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-obituary-for-rober/173945728/.