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BILLIE TAYLOR PRESSON
Captain · U.S. Army
May 2, 1939 – September 20, 1967
Service recordBillie Taylor Presson, of Paducah, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 187 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Paducah, Kentucky (Mccracken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 97
- RONALD EDWARD PENELance Corporal · September 20, 1967
- JAMES WADDELL SAVAGEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- WARREN TAYLOR SCOTTCorporal · September 20, 1967
- MALCOLM RICHARD WISEMANSecond Lieutenant · September 20, 1967
From Paducah
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- ROY RUDOLPH WHITESIDEPetty Officer First Class · October 11, 1969
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.