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BILLY HAMMOND PEEPLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1950 – November 3, 1970
Service recordBilly Hammond Peeples, of Anderson, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Anderson, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 37
- TERRY ALLEN HALECaptain · November 3, 1970
- PERRY CASTELLION KITCHENSSergeant · November 3, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1970
- RAYMOND TANNERStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 37
From Anderson
- HEWETT FRANK EVASTUS COEChief Petty Officer · May 20, 1962
- JAMES ROY BROOKS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- WILBURN ROBERSONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- HAROLD GUINN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MATTISONStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIE FRANK FOSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DOYLE WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · July 5, 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.