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BILLIE GROVER RUSS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – November 10, 1968
Service recordBillie Grover Russ, of East Rockingham, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- East Rockingham, North Carolina (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 45
- JOHN PAUL MURPHYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1968
- HAWK JESSE MILTON REDPrivate · November 10, 1968
- JOHN GWIN RITCHPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- HARRY W WICKERSHAM JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 45
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.