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BILLIE JOE WILLIAMS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
June 27, 1932 – December 9, 1972
Service recordBillie Joe Williams, of Malden, Missouri, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 9, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1325F)
- Born
- June 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Malden, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1972
- Age
- 40
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 94
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- LOUIS ROBERT TAYLORStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1972
- WALTER LEE FERGUSONSenior Master Sergeant · December 18, 1972
- JAMES RICHARD MCELVAINLieutenant Colonel · December 18, 1972
From Malden
- DAVID LEE VARVELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1965
- BRUCE ANTHONY NELSONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- RONALD LEE HOLTZHOUSERSergeant · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS BLAKESergeant · July 29, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLEN MAYStaff Sergeant · January 9, 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.