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BILLY CESAR MCFALLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – May 29, 1967
Service recordBilly Cesar McFalls, of Lockesburg, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Lockesburg, Arkansas (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 14
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- RICHMOND ROSS LUCEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- BRUCE K MANNINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ORIN CEDERSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 9
- WILL LEE DENNIS FOWLERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 12
- ROBERT WILLIAM PRYSPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 15
From Lockesburg
- ROBERT BUCK PURTELLSergeant · August 19, 1968
- JESSIE RAY LINDLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1970
- HAROLD CLAYTON HUNTER IISergeant · August 30, 1971
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.