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BILLY DALE SHORT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – October 5, 1969
Service recordBilly Dale Short, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 43
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 43
- WILLIAM L ERICKSON JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT NOBLEPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- RALPH ERNEST PIANO JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER BARTASCHSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 39
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.