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BILLY CARROLL BOLTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1946 – January 30, 1968
Service recordBilly Carroll Bolton, of Victoria, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Victoria, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 66
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN BODISONPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- HARMON WAYNE BURKSPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
From Victoria
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 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.