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BILLY GENE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1946 – November 12, 1967
Service recordBilly Gene Smith, of Twin Falls, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Twin Falls, Idaho (Twin Falls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 85
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- JAMES DAVID ROARKPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- SYLVESTER STANLEY SAGANSergeant · November 12, 1967
- ELZIE SANDERS JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 85
From Twin Falls
- JAMES HERBERT ALLREDMajor · December 14, 1963
- BRENT JOHN BAUMERTSergeant · April 26, 1966
- RICHARD BUCK CARLSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- DAVID ROGER CHATTERTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 18, 1967
- HERMAN AUGUSTA LOHMAN JRCorporal · April 6, 1968
- LARRY DALE COATSLance Corporal · September 3, 1968
- ALLAN THEO ASLETTPrivate First Class · September 27, 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.