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BILLY JOE NEELY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1950 – December 17, 1969
Service recordBilly Joe Neely, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 67
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 67
- CHARLES QUINTEN POLKPrivate First Class · November 25, 1969
- NEIL EDWARD HARVEYCorporal · December 17, 1969
- GLENN ROBERT MANNINGCaptain · December 17, 1969
- MICHAEL THADDEUS SOLTYSLance Corporal · December 17, 1969
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 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.