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BILLY GENE CHANNEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1951 – April 10, 1971
Service recordBilly Gene Channel, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 115
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1971; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 115
- ROBERT NATHANIEL FIESLERSergeant · April 10, 1971
- JOHN HOWDEN FRANKSPrivate First Class · April 10, 1971
- ROBERT LESTER GROFMajor · April 10, 1971
- GREG NEAL HENDERSONCorporal · April 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GREG NEAL HENDERSONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 115
- JACK LLOYD KINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 116
- MARTIN TERRANCE MCDONALDSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 116
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.