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BILLY FRANK HARPER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 11, 1949 – February 12, 1969
Service recordBilly Frank Harper, of Cleveland, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 20
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Mississippi (Bolivar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 20
- GEORGE KIRTLAND HAMILTONWarrant Officer 1 · February 12, 1969
- WESLEY PAUL HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- LELDON EDWIN HOCK JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 20
- ROBERT W HOOKSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 21
- SALVADOR DELOSS RIOSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 22
From Cleveland
- LESTER JEFFERSON THORNELLSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- TERRY EDWARD THARPPetty Officer Third Class · March 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.