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BILLY JOE VICKERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1947 – April 8, 1968
Service recordBilly Joe Vickers, of Milton, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Milton, West Virginia (Cabell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 55
- HARRY ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN SMITHHospitalman · April 8, 1968
- JON FRANCIS VANDUYNStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM OSCAR WAGNERSpecialist Four · April 8, 1968
From Milton
- LLOYD ALLEN VANNATTERCorporal · December 10, 1965
- MARSHALL IRVIN PAULEYChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- WILLIAM THOMAS KAUFFERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WILSON JRSpecialist Five · March 24, 1971
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.