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BILLY JACKSON DAILEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1945 – September 22, 1966
Service recordBilly Jackson Dailey, of Moberly, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Moberly, Missouri (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 131
- RICHARD PAUL BARTLESpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- DENNIS DALE BRADLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1966
- HUGH CONRAD CLAUSENSpecialist Five · September 22, 1966
- JOSEPH NICHOLAS DAVIPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
From Moberly
- RUSSELL HAROLD KITCHEN JRPrivate First Class · April 20, 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.