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BILLIE JOE WILSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 21, 1929 – February 9, 1970
Service recordBillie Joe Wilson, of Valley Center, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 118
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 21, 1929
- Home of record
- Valley Center, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1970
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 118
- GEORGE ALBIAN JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · February 9, 1970
- JOHN JAMES KOSSpecialist Four · February 9, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE PFEIFERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1970
- BURTON KIMBALL WALKERSergeant First Class · February 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.