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BILLY JOEL GREAVU
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1948 – March 10, 1970
Service recordBilly Joel Greavu, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 104
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 104
- JOHN PATRICK HENRYSergeant · March 10, 1970
- CHARLES DARNELL HICKS JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- DONALD WOODS HOLMANFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1970
- LEONARD KELLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT ALAMED JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 102
- LEONARD KELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 104
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 105
- BYRON MATTHEW RICHARDSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 106
- PAUL ALLEN RICHARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 106
- LAWRENCE HAROLD SANTINACSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 107
- THOMAS EUGENE SEVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 107
- ALEX VICTOR VARDYPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 108
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.