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BILLY GENE RODGERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1946 – July 21, 1967
Service recordBilly Gene Rodgers, of Alex, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Alex, Oklahoma (Grady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 104
- CARL EDWARD RYDERLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES SCHUTZSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- PONDER RAY SIMSFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1967
- GARY WAYNE STERNLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · Panel 23E, Line 96
- JOHN JOSEPH CAMPAPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 97
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- ROOSEVELT C CURLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 98
- GEORGE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 100
- THOMAS FRANCIS GANIONPrivate · Panel 23E, Line 100
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 100
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 101
- GARY ALFRED MCLENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 102
- RICHARD JAMES SCHUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 104
- PONDER RAY SIMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 104
- JAMES LEMAR WHITFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 106
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.