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BILLY DEAN WEITZEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 2, 1947 – September 4, 1969
Service recordBilly Dean Weitzel, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 35
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 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Albert Lea, Minnesota (Freeborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 35
- TERRY SIDNEY SMALLPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES THEODORE THIELGESSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- DAVID ALBERTLance Corporal · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DOUGLAS FRALICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 32
- WALTER EUGENE HUTCHINSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 33
- CHARLES ELBERT LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 34
- WILLIAM MICHAEL LYONS IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 34
From Albert Lea
- RICHARD DUANE ODAFFERHospitalman · February 19, 1968
- BARRY ALLEN OLSONSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- ROGER CARL BANGERTCorporal · January 22, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BARNICKSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- JAMES LESLIE NELSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- BYRON ALLEN BANGERTCorporal · March 2, 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.