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BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHT
Captain · U.S. Navy
June 21, 1927 – December 12, 1965
Service recordBillie Jack Cartwright, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on December 12, 1965, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- June 21, 1927
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 12, 1965
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 34
- JIMMIE RAY ISBELLSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- ALFRED LOUIS SPITZFADENPrivate First Class · December 21, 1965
- EDWARD FRANK GOLDCommander · December 22, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
- GREGORIO VALDEZ JRLance Corporal · January 30, 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.