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BILLY GENE CONLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1944 – February 18, 1967
Service recordBilly Gene Conley, of Flemingsburg, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Flemingsburg, Kentucky (Fleming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 55
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS COOPER REYESLance Corporal · February 17, 1967
- EDMUND RONALD VEDROPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- JOHN DELANE VOLNERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT JOHN ARCENEAUX JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 56
- LESTER BRIDGESPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 56
- JOHNNY EDWARD BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 56
- JAMES CLEVELANDSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 56
- DELMAR LEE CROCKETT JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 57
- WILLIAM IRVING GOULDPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 57
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 58
- JERRY WAYNE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 58
- HILARIO B LEANIO JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 58
- PABLO PATINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 60
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 60
- CHARLES SHAFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 60
From Flemingsburg
- RAY MELVIN HARMONSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- DAVID LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 6, 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.