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BILLY JOE SCHAFFER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1950 – April 1, 1970
Service recordBilly Joe Schaffer, of North Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 74
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1950
- Home of record
- North Charleston, South Carolina (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; five of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 74
- JOSE LUIS QUINONESSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · April 1, 1970
- TERRY WARD RATCLIFFStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- TERRY LEE SCHELLSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEOPOLD FLYNNCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 67
- JAY WILLIAM KINGSergeant First Class · Panel 12W, Line 69
- ELDON WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 71
From North Charleston
- JOHNNY RAY TRIPLETTSpecialist Four · July 20, 1965
- ARTHUR M DRIGGERS JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- RAYMOND WELLINGTON BLANDINLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- CHARLES E HIGBEE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 13, 1969
- LUTHER ALLEN GENESCorporal · September 12, 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.