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BILLY CLAYTON MCDANIELS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1943 – November 19, 1968
Service recordBilly Clayton McDaniels, of Dillon, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 12
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Dillon, South Carolina (Dillon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 12
- PETER B LIVINGSTONCaptain · November 19, 1968
- WILMER THOMAS LUTZMaster Sergeant · November 19, 1968
- WILLIE DEE MCVEAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- RAYMOND STANLEY REEVES JRSergeant · November 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH J HERNANDEZ JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 11
- WILLIE DEE MCVEAPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 12
- LEROY SPENCER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 13
From Dillon
- DAVID LEROY BRUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1966
- JOSEPH HARRY SULLIVANStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- LUTHER BETHEA JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- GALEN SPINKS MILESPrivate First Class · September 9, 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.