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BILLIE HAYWOOD SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1943 – August 1, 1966
Service recordBillie Haywood Smith, of Rossville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Born
- February 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Rossville, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 95
- RONALD JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
- DONALD DEAN WALLACESpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
From Rossville
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- GARY EDWIN WARDPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- MARION ELIJAH PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · April 26, 1968
- DENNIS CAROL MELTONSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- ANTHONY IRVIN LEECorporal · July 9, 1968
- JIMMY TONY MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · June 6, 1970
- SCOTT E KILLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.