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BILLY DEAN WEHUNT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 27, 1949 – June 10, 1970
Service recordBilly Dean Wehunt, of Cartersville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 41
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Cartersville, Georgia (Bartow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 41
- CLYDE DOUGLAS SANDERSCorporal · June 10, 1970
- RONALD WAYNE SIPKASergeant · June 10, 1970
- BIRCH UDELL STEMMONSSergeant · June 10, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH VARDNERCorporal · June 10, 1970
From Cartersville
- GEORGE A WILSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD RICHARDSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LORENZA CONNERCaptain · October 27, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE GENTRYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- STANLEY THOMAS BRADLEYSergeant · March 28, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES PICKARDSpecialist Five · May 9, 1969
- BOBBY JOE JONESStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
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.