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BILLY JOE WAYMIRE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 8, 1936 – November 18, 1966
Service recordBilly Joe Waymire, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 86
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1936
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 86
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- TED BELCHERSergeant · November 19, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHNSTONECaptain · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 84
- MICHAEL GENE ISELYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 84
- RAYMOND EUGENE SMOOTSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 85
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.