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BILLY JOE HAMMOND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1953 – March 23, 1972
Service recordBilly Joe Hammond, of Winder, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 119
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 13, 1953
- Home of record
- Winder, Georgia (Barrow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1972
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1972, 69 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 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 119
- DENNIS STANLEY PIKELieutenant Commander · March 23, 1972
- JAMES EDWARD WHITTMajor · March 23, 1972
- RAYMOND JACK CROW JRSergeant · March 27, 1972
- RICHARD E DREHERCaptain · March 27, 1972
From Winder
- GENE WENDELL LAYPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- JERRY JACKSON MCDANIELPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WELDON GEORGE LYNNPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- LORENZO TUGGLEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT FOWLERCaptain · April 24, 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.