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BILLY HOWARD
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1926 – March 22, 1966
Service recordBilly Howard, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- November 21, 1926
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 39
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- BRUCE RANDOLPH LANDIS JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- JERRY DWAIN LEEPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- MARION LEONARD LEE JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 1968
- CHARLES ANTHONY GERONIMOStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
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.