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BILLY EUGENE MYERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1946 – May 7, 1968
Service recordBilly Eugene Myers, of Pekin, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 27
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Pekin, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 27
- WARREN MICHAEL KIRSCHSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- ARTHUR MANOSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- CARL JOHN MARINOPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEROY BRADEESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 20
- JERRY WAYNE CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 21
- ROBERT JAMES DEIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 22
- MACK SIMPSON JEFFRIESSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 25
- ANTHONY JOHN NEMETHPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 28
- EDDIE BERNARD SANDSMaster Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 30
- GEORGE M VICTORSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 33
- DONALD WINSLOW WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 33
From Pekin
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · May 18, 1966
- JOHN W CLAYTONCaptain · November 20, 1966
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- LARRY GENE ASBRIDGECorporal · August 12, 1967
- RAMON ARTHUR MEEKERLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN SPURLOCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CALVIN FRANKLIN BUTTERFIELDPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE BLOOMERCorporal · September 3, 1968
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.