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BILLY BARNELL WOODSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1946 – December 2, 1966
Service recordBilly Barnell Woodson, of Springfield, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Freight Operations Clerk (3111)
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Tennessee (Robertson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 7
- PAUL LAURANCE WORRELLLieutenant Commander · February 1, 1966
- PATRICK FRANK SCUDIEROPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- WILLIE ERNEST STARKSergeant Major · December 2, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR SULANDERWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1966
From Springfield
- JIMMIE CLAY HUTCHERSONCorporal · June 2, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MURPHEYLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- DARRELL W HEATHERLYSergeant · June 6, 1967
- DWIGHT WAYNE CARROLLPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- WILLIAM LYNN PITTLance Corporal · August 28, 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.