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BILL BROOKS LONG
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 6, 1949 – January 29, 1970
Service recordBill Brooks Long, of La Follette, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 6, 1949
- Home of record
- La Follette, Tennessee (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 79
- MICHAEL PAUL KNIGHTCaptain · November 23, 1969
- LYLE MAYNARD JOHANNESSpecialist Four · January 29, 1970
- RICHARD CHARLES KNAPPStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1970
- JOHN ALFRED MOREAUCorporal · January 29, 1970
- LEON CRAIG POLASKISergeant · January 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE F BROWN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 77
- LARRY EDWARD KREBSSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 78
- RICHARD CHARLES KNAPPStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 79
- WILBERT REEDCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 80
- ROY LEE STRINGERCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 80
From La Follette
- GEORGE GLEN HEATHERLYSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH HUDDLESTONSergeant · May 12, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.