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BILLY FERRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1951 – May 29, 1970
Service recordBilly Ferrell, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 117
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 117
- GREEN THOMASPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BIERBAUMStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1970
- KENNETH LEE GILLSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- DANNIE LEE HAWKINSSergeant · May 29, 1970
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
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.