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BILLY EUGENE LANKFORD
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 19, 1930 – December 25, 1967
Service recordBilly Eugene Lankford, of Dickson, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 57
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 19, 1930
- Home of record
- Dickson, Tennessee (Dickson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 57
- ANDREW MICHAEL HUDAKLance Corporal · December 25, 1967
- DANNY WAYNE JETERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- BERNARD DEREK JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- TERRY TRELOAR KOONCELieutenant Colonel · December 25, 1967
From Dickson
- CHARLES WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- GEORGE W COONE JRSergeant First Class · November 11, 1968
- VERBIN EUGENE DAVIDSONSpecialist Four · April 15, 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.