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BILLY JOHN COLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 8, 1938 – December 20, 1963
Service recordBilly John Coley, of Ennis, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 20, 1963, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 8, 1938
- Home of record
- Ennis, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1963
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1963; two of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 39
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
From Ennis
- EDWARD JAMES BELLSergeant First Class · April 22, 1967
- ALBERT DAVID MENTONCorporal · November 14, 1967
- DARRELL WAYNE DONALDSONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT MURPHYPrivate · July 28, 1971
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.