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BILLY JOE SEBASTIAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 9, 1949 – April 25, 1970
Service recordBilly Joe Sebastian, of Lancaster, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Kentucky (Garrard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 53
- ARMAND ERVIN RISTINENStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1970
- GUS SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
- RONALD HARRISON ALLBRIGHTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · April 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GREER CLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 48
- BOYD MAGEESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 50
From Lancaster
- RAYMOND LUKE NAYLORSergeant · February 19, 1966
- EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- ROBERT LEWIS CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · January 1, 1968
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.