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BILLIE MICHAEL BEDSWORTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1949 – January 5, 1970
Service recordBillie Michael Bedsworth, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 127
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 14 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 127
- JAMES ROBERT WHITMOREWarrant Officer 1 · January 4, 1970
- JIMMY ALAN WHITSONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- RICHARD C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- WALDO ALVA WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1970
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 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.