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BILLY JOE WYATT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1947 – June 11, 1968
Service recordBilly Joe Wyatt, of Columbia, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 31
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 31
- GLENN JOHN ZAMORSKIFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1968
- ALTO ANDERSON JRStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1968
- OSCAR GENTRY JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE GOODMANPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
From Columbia
- JERRY DALE BASNETTCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH HEIBELCorporal · August 12, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE IRVINCorporal · September 10, 1967
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- LON DAVIS RICHARDSCaptain · August 23, 1968
- JON ALAN RIPPEEPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- DALE RAYMOND JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES HUTTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 14, 1969
- DOUGLAS GLYN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- CHUBBY DEAN LOWREYSpecialist Five · October 28, 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.