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BILLY MARCUS EDWARDS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 26, 1945 – May 11, 1966
Service recordBilly Marcus Edwards, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 50
- MARK LAMONT ROSENSTOCKLance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- BERNARD ALBERT TESKE IIILance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- WAYNE MCKENNELY TRAYLORSpecialist Four · May 11, 1966
- ROBERT SCHUYLER VANDUYNEFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR J BOWYERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 47
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 47
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 49
- ROBERT SCHUYLER VANDUYNEFirst Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 50
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- WILMER JAY WILLINGHAMWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
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.