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BILLY BROWN DAY
Private · U.S. Army
July 24, 1944 – February 22, 1966
Service recordBilly Brown Day, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · 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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 59
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · February 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BRICE PARNELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 62
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- CLAIBORNE PARKS MCCALLFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1966
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.