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BILLY DUANE CRELIA
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 11, 1947 – February 16, 1970
Service recordBilly Duane Crelia, of Huntington, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntington, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 18
- JAMES ALAN BARNESStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1970
- GEORGE OLIVER BOATWRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN CARTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DAVISSpecialist Five · February 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE VERNOR GILESSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 19
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.