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BILLY EUGENE SNIPES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1934 – May 17, 1966
Service recordBilly Eugene Snipes, of Maysville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 75
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1934
- Home of record
- Maysville, Kentucky (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 75
- ROBERT ALLAN POTTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- JOHN PETERS RANDLESCorporal · May 17, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- CLIFFORD G RHODESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EARL GLENN CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- RONALD LEE ECKERTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ARTHUR EUGENE LEWISCaptain · Panel 7E, Line 72
- VICTOR HUBERT ONEALSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 74
- LARRY PAULLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 74
- BOBBY DALE SWINDELLSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 76
- JAMES EDWARD WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 77
From Maysville
- WILLIAM BOYD TULLYFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1962
- ERNIE WAYNE ROSSERCorporal · December 11, 1966
- DONALD RANDELL LEWISLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- BILLY RAY LUCASSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS GROVESPrivate · May 10, 1972
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.