The Wall › Panel 4W › Mississippi › Billie Joe Wilson
BILLIE JOE WILSON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 8, 1940 – April 7, 1971
Service recordBillie Joe Wilson, of Tutwiler, Mississippi, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 112
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 8, 1940
- Home of record
- Tutwiler, Mississippi (Tallahatchie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1971; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In April 1971, 292 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 112
- RONNIE ALLEN ROSSLance Corporal · April 7, 1971
- DENNIS RAY DEATHERAGESpecialist Four · April 8, 1971
- JOHN GLOVERAirman First Class · April 8, 1971
- THOMAS LEE SONDERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LARRY ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 111
From Tutwiler
- EDWARD GRADY MUSEAirman First Class · January 31, 1968
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.