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BILLY JOE LEMLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 27, 1934 – October 26, 1969
Service recordBilly Joe Lemley, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 121
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chemical Supply And Parts Specialist (76B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 121
- FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- RAYMOND JOSEPH KIESLERSergeant · October 26, 1969
- CLAUDE BRUCE LANDIS IISergeant · October 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 119
- JOHN WILLARD BEITLICHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 119
- JOHN KENNETH GOETTPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 120
- FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 121
- RONALD DALE WESTPHALSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 122
- DAVID DESALES WINKLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 123
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.