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BILLIE JOE ONTIS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – November 21, 1968
Service recordBillie Joe Ontis, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 29
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 29
- RICHARD ALLEN NICHOLSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- GERALD M ORTEGOWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH PAMANETPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK REINSergeant · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEAN CLIFTON FOSTERCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 25
- MARTIN GEHRING GIVENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 26
- STANLEY NORRIS GREENSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 26
- CHARLES FREDERICK REINSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 29
- EDDY GALE SUMPTERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 30
- ROBERT LEE STOREYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 31
- CLIFFORD KAY WELDINGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 32
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.