The Wall › Panel 11W › Kentucky › Billy Joe Williams
BILLY JOE WILLIAMS
Major · U.S. Army
November 23, 1929 – May 6, 1970
Service recordBilly Joe Williams, of Marion, Kentucky, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 119
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 23, 1929
- Home of record
- Marion, Kentucky (Crittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 119
- JOHN GEORGE WIDENSergeant · May 6, 1970
- JOHN JAMES WILLEYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- DAVID YELDELLSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- FREDERICK P ZIEGENFELDERStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAY MARTIN BYERLYSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 109
From Marion
- LEON BEARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.