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BILLY LEE COKER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 10, 1948 – November 24, 1969
Service recordBilly Lee Coker, of Greenwood, South Carolina, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 24, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 115
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenwood, South Carolina (Greenwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 115
- ROGER LEE BYUSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1969
- LARRY ELBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- HOWARD BRISBANE COMER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1969
- ROBERT FREW CONTIFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1969
From Greenwood
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- BOBBY RAY CHILDSCorporal · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM OTHELLO ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY GENE STEVENSONStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1969
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · September 5, 1969
- DANNY ROY MAGAHAPrivate First Class · February 4, 1970
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1970
- DAVID YELDELLSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- DAVID LEE BROOKSCorporal · July 3, 1970
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.