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BILLIE JACK MCCLURE
Private · U.S. Army
November 12, 1933 – February 20, 1969
Service recordBillie Jack McClure, of Marble, North Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 66
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1933
- Home of record
- Marble, North Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 66
- DAVID GLENN KINGSergeant · February 20, 1969
- ANDREW LEE MILLSSpecialist Five · February 20, 1969
- DAVID PHILLIP NEISLARLieutenant (junior grade) · February 20, 1969
- EDDIE VAN OLIVER JRLance Corporal · February 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DRUE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 63
- QUENTON LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 64
- MARVIN ANDREW DEVAULTCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 64
- EARNEST LEE KAUFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 65
- JUNIOR FLOYD RONIGERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 67
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 68
- HERBERT HOLLINGE STAUFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 68
- ALLEN CALVIN YEOMANS IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 69
From Marble
- JIMMY V SMITHPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD HERBERT WILSONSergeant · March 17, 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.