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BILLY KEITH FORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1945 – April 28, 1968
Service recordBilly Keith Ford, of Mt Carbon, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Mt Carbon, West Virginia (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 37
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GLENN JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY HARFF JRSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- DALE EVAN HILLPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYNN BARBERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 33
- DAVID THOMAS BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 33
- FREDRICK E BAUERLE IIISpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 33
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 34
- COYTE DAVID CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 34
- JOHN DUFFYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 36
- JACKIE LINDELL ELSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 36
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 39
- EDGAR DEWITT PAGESpecialist Six · Panel 52E, Line 42
- HENRY WUNDERLICHPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
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.