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BILLIE JAYE MARLING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1952 – March 21, 1971
Service recordBillie Jaye Marling, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 64
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 27, 1952
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 64
- JAMES WALTER MANTHEIWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1971
- LARRY MAURICE MASONPrivate · March 21, 1971
- CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALLSergeant · March 21, 1971
- ANDRE BARRY TIMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1971
From Roswell
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · March 26, 1967
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
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.