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BILLY LEE PETERS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 17, 1947 – October 22, 1969
Service recordBilly Lee Peters, of Mt Vernon, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 106
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 14 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 106
- ROBERT LEE REIPLINGERPrivate First Class · October 22, 1969
- HARVEY CLAUDE REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1969
- JOSE TOMAS RIOSSergeant · October 22, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHARLES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 22, 1969
From Mt Vernon
- DENNIS RAY KINNARDFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1968
- ROGER DEAN ALGIREPrivate First Class · November 26, 1968
- WAYNE ERIC GARVENCorporal · May 25, 1969
- RICHARD LOUIS STILLSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.