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BILLY DUANE ROY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 10, 1935 – August 18, 1968
Service recordBilly Duane Roy, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 18, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 47
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- October 10, 1935
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 47
- BRUCE WILLIAM POULSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD REFFPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- JOHN SANEDALance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS SCHWAGELAirman First Class · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN CORNELL BRUNTONPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 48W, Line 38
- EDWARD ROBINSO DARVILLE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 48W, Line 39
- PATRICK JOSEPH GRIFFINPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 48W, Line 41
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.