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BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGH
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – August 22, 1968
Service recordBilly Edward Yarbrough, of Plainview, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 36
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Plainview, Texas (Hale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 36
- ROBERT MATTHEW WORSHINSKISergeant · August 22, 1968
- DAVID LEO WRIGHTLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- ARTHUR LLOYD ADAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
- TALMADGE HORTON ALPHIN JRStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP WADE HUNTCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 28
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MOYECorporal · Panel 47W, Line 30
- WILLIAM EUGENE WEBERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 35
From Plainview
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE LEE FRAZIERAirman · July 29, 1967
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH LEON BLACKMONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- NORMAN CARTER SMOOTSSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.