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BILLY DEAN PEDINGS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – June 15, 1971
Service recordBilly Dean Pedings, of Rockledge, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 77
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockledge, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 77
- FLOYD LEE BRADSHAW IIISpecialist Four · June 15, 1971
- SYLVESTER C MARTINEZSergeant · June 15, 1971
- JAMES ALLEN SOUTHERFireman · June 15, 1971
- RICHARD WILSON JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 77
- DONALD WOODSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 78
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.