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BILLY JOE MORRISON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1935 – December 8, 1967
Service recordBilly Joe Morrison, of Heflin, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 66
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1935
- Home of record
- Heflin, Alabama (Cleburne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 66
- DALE EDWARD MILLSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- FRANK HARRIS MOOREFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1967
- RICHARD EMMETT PRATTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- JOHN MACK RAYSergeant · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR ALLEN MAZITIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 65
- DAVID ARLINGTON TANNERSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 67
From Heflin
- WAYNE MCKENNELY TRAYLORSpecialist Four · May 11, 1966
- CLIFFORD LEON ERVINCorporal · July 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HOYT SMITHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- FRED EDWARD TRAYLORCorporal · June 17, 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.