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BILLY ANTHONY ADCOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – October 4, 1968
Service recordBilly Anthony Adcock, of Smithville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Smithville, Tennessee (Dekalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 3
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH YOUNGStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- JOHN COWIE BECHARDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BERGERONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK CLARKSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN COWIE BECHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 3
- DOUGLAS MARK CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 3
- MELVIN DERWARD HEBERT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 5
- LOVETT LEE HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 6
- HUBERT WAYNE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 6
- ANTONIO MILSTEADStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 6
- HARRY ALLEN PETERSENPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 7
- WILLIAM LOUIS ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 7
From Smithville
- RONNIE ELLIS REEDERCorporal · January 29, 1967
- B L MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
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.