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BILLY GENE JENT
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 25, 1944 – January 4, 1968
Service recordBilly Gene Jent, of Vinita, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Vinita, Oklahoma (Craig County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 37
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT CAUFIELD HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- LARRY HOLMES MCLAUGHLINSergeant · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER WILLIAM LARCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 38
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 40
- WALTER JOHN PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 40
- ROBERT WILLIAM SORENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 42
From Vinita
- HENRY WAYNE WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- HARRY EVERETT DRESHER JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- MILLARD WADE FARBROSergeant · November 24, 1967
- GARY NEAL HALLSergeant · April 27, 1968
- BILLY LEE GOINSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- JERRY WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · August 20, 1969
- JAMES M MCMILLAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
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.