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BILLIE LEROY ROTH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 22, 1934 – June 27, 1965
Service recordBillie Leroy Roth, of Lacon, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 27, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 21
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 AIR BASE GP
- Born
- June 22, 1934
- Home of record
- Lacon, Illinois (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1965; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 21
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- MIKE GARCIA BUSTOSSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- JERRY RAY CAMPBELLPrivate · June 28, 1965
From Lacon
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLOSSERCorporal · August 10, 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.