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BILLY JOE NAVE
Major · U.S. Army
November 29, 1933 – June 27, 1966
Service recordBilly Joe Nave, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 101
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 101
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- EDWARD KENNETH PARESAPlatoon Sergeant · June 27, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- GALEN DEAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JOHN STUART SEELEYCaptain · June 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 101
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 102
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALLEN TEBBS ROGERS JRSecond Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
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.