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BILLY MAC BRISTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – May 22, 1968
Service recordBilly Mac Brister, of Groveton, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 5
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
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Groveton, Texas (Trinity County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 5
- DENVER JOSEPH BERKHEIMERLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD BISSELLPrivate · May 22, 1968
- DARRELL DWANE BRATTONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- DAVIS FREEMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MOSBY CLARKE JRSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 6
- ROBERT LOUIS CREWSSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 7
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 8
- ANTHONY DWIGHT HATCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 10
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 65E, Line 13
- FRED HARRISON OSBURN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 1
From Groveton
- ALBERT C HORACE JRSergeant · August 29, 1967
- OLLIE CURTIS FREEMANCorporal · May 11, 1968
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.