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BILLY GUINN LANGLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 21, 1945 – February 11, 1969
Service recordBilly Guinn Langley, of Nelson, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 14
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Nelson, Georgia (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 14
- RUSSELL LEE HARRISFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1969
- CHARLES KENNETH LARKINSSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- HARVEY EUGENE LOTTLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- LARRY JOE LUCKETTSeaman · February 11, 1969
From Nelson
- BOBBY ARTHUR YOUNGSergeant · April 15, 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.