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BILLIE JOE WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1945 – March 21, 1966
Service recordBillie Joe Williams, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 94
- LOUIS ROBERT TAYLORStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1972
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · December 9, 1972
- WALTER LEE FERGUSONSenior Master Sergeant · December 18, 1972
- JAMES RICHARD MCELVAINLieutenant Colonel · December 18, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 28
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 28
- JAMES HENRY CAVICCHI JRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 31
- STEPHAN JAMES MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 33
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 34
- STANLEY RIFFLECorporal · Panel 6E, Line 34
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 35
- BRUCE LAMAR WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 36
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.