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BILLY JOE WATKINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1938 – June 21, 1967
Service recordBilly Joe Watkins, of Paducah, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 35
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Paducah, Kentucky (Mccracken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 35
- GERALD EDWARD WATKINSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- TERRY LEE ODIS ALLENPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ERLING ALTON ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLDPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 28
- DEAN DENNIS CRANESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 29
- ROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 29
- MORRIS DOMINIQUE GAGNONStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 30
- CARMEL BERNON HARVEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 30
- GERALD DAVID BOYDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22E, Line 31
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 31
- WELLINGTON M JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 31
- GARY LYLE KENAGAPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 31
- EDGAR LEE MCWETHY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 32
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 32
- HOWARD ARNOLD SESSOMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 34
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 34
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 113
From Paducah
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- BILLIE TAYLOR PRESSONCaptain · September 20, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- ROY RUDOLPH WHITESIDEPetty Officer First Class · October 11, 1969
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.