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BILLY JOE WILSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1944 – November 20, 1965
Service recordBilly Joe Wilson, of Bogue Chitto, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 105
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Bogue Chitto, Mississippi (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 105
- OSCAR EDMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · November 21, 1965
- WILLIE FRANCIS JRLance Corporal · November 21, 1965
- WALTER CHARLES MILLERLance Corporal · November 21, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
Same unit, same day
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 102
- JOHN PATRICK EMERLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 103
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 103
- RONALD PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 103
- IVAN NOTEBOOMSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 104
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 104
- WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR IIISpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 104
From Bogue Chitto
- JOEL FULLERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JAMES HERVEY SHANNON JRSergeant Major · November 6, 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.