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BILLIE D DUART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1952 – August 25, 1971
Service recordBillie D Duart, of Strawberry Point, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 1, 1952
- Home of record
- Strawberry Point, Iowa (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 1
- GREGORY MICHAEL ASHFORDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1971
- CHARLES TEDDY GILLEYSpecialist Four · August 25, 1971
- WARREN DALE HOLEMANSpecialist Four · August 25, 1971
- JOEL KAHALEALOHA KAMALOLOSpecialist Four · August 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY MICHAEL ASHFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 1
- JOEL KAHALEALOHA KAMALOLOSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 1
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.