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BILL GREGORY LEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1948 – March 20, 1969
Service recordBill Gregory Lee, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 90
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 90
- TERRY TERUO KAWAMURACorporal · March 20, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE KNOXPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- RICHARD LEE MALONELance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- WILLIAM HAYES MAUTHEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD RAY MAYNARDSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 87
- DOUGLAS GLYN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 88
- RICHARD LEE FIFFECorporal · Panel 29W, Line 88
- JIMMY FRED BURCHFIELDSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 91
- RAUL VICTOR PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 91
- DENNIS ALLEN SMITHCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 93
- ROBERT ARNOLD TATE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 94
- ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 94
- LARRY MICHAEL WHITISSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 94
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.