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BILLY EDWARD STEVENSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – June 22, 1966
Service recordBilly Edward Stevenson, of Lebanon, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Tennessee (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 77
- GARY HENDERSON ROGERSLance Corporal · June 22, 1966
- SYLVESTER ANTONY SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- RUDOLPH CARL SELENKA JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 74
- WILLIAM MARTIN KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 76
- ROBERT ALAN PEACHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 76
- NATHANIEL WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 78
From Lebanon
- JAMES EDWARD BUSHSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- CLYDE ANDERSON WARDSergeant First Class · May 21, 1967
- JERRY DAVID LANCASTERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RONNIE CALVIN PRESLEYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- TERRY LEE DILLARDCorporal · July 27, 1968
- HESSIE ALLEN BROOKSSpecialist Five · January 20, 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.