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BILLY GERALD HARRISON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 6, 1949 – January 18, 1970
Service recordBilly Gerald Harrison, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 43
- DONALD ROBERT COLGLAZIERFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD GAMBILLLance Corporal · January 18, 1970
- GEORGE ANTHONY HECTOR JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1970
- DONALD LAWRENCE MARTINSpecialist Four · January 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENT DOUGLAS MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 42
- ROBERT LEE WILLETTSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 45
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.