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BILLY BRUCE BULL
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 25, 1949 – July 24, 1970
Service recordBilly Bruce Bull, of Lake City, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake City, Iowa (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 48
- ROBERT LOUIS BOLANMaster Sergeant · July 24, 1970
- HARRY JULIAN BORTPetty Officer Second Class · July 24, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1970
- STEVEN LEE FAWBUSHCorporal · July 24, 1970
From Lake City
- MICHAEL KEITH LEWISStaff Sergeant · June 13, 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.