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BILLY NEAL HARPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1943 – December 29, 1966
Service recordBilly Neal Harper, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 98
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 98
- RALPH LEE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- ERNEST KELLY JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- RICHARD NED LILLISPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEE V BEARDENSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 95
- DAVID RAY GATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 97
- TERRY SIDNEY GUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 97
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.