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BILLY JOE SISCO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1945 – July 11, 1968
Service recordBilly Joe Sisco, of O'kean, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 16
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 14, 1945
- Home of record
- O'kean, Arkansas (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 16
- KENNETH DANIEL ARMSTRONGCorporal · July 11, 1968
- JOHN ELLIS MINCEYCorporal · July 11, 1968
- ERNEST WAYNE RUTHERFORDPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM SHALLERPrivate First Class · July 11, 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.