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BILLY JAY LACKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1946 – June 2, 1968
Service recordBilly Jay Lackey, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 14
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HOFFMANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEWIS JONESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1968
- RAYMOND VILLALPANDO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.