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BILLIE E SANDEFUR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1936 – November 27, 1967
Service recordBillie E Sandefur, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1936
- Home of record
- Cottage Grove, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 99
- JOSE RAMOS JRSpecialist Four · November 27, 1967
- JAMES SAMUELSSergeant · November 27, 1967
- HECTOR LOUIS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- WILLIAM SCOTT SLOCUMPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE HENRY FURCHSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 96
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 98
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 98
- JOSE RAMOS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 99
From Cottage Grove
- GARY MELVIN LADDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HUBERT CLARENCE VANPOLLStaff Sergeant · June 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE EUGENE HECKMANCorporal · February 1, 1968
- LEVI LESTER ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
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.