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BILLY BOB LEYERLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1949 – December 15, 1969
Service recordBilly Bob Leyerle, of Longview, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 59
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Longview, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 59
- LARRY DEAN KEELERSpecialist Five · December 15, 1969
- EDWARD LOPEZPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK NUGENTPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DARYL WAYNE PATRICKSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
From Longview
- CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMANSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- DAVID KIM AASENLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GARY LEE WILKINSLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 1970
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.