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BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 13, 1947 – October 7, 1968
Service recordBilly Randolph Jefferson, of Petersburg, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Virginia (Petersburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 24
- JOSEPH ELLIS GUENTHERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- DAVIS EDWIN HARDYSergeant · October 7, 1968
- HILTON HAYES JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- SHELDON DALE HOSKINSCorporal · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RANDALL JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 25
From Petersburg
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JAMES AARON DICKENSSergeant · February 8, 1967
- THOMAS RALPH WELLSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE WARRENPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH BACH IIICaptain · April 20, 1969
- CALVIN EDWARD COOKECorporal · May 22, 1969
- WILLIE HOOPER JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD ROYESergeant First Class · November 10, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PULLIAMStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZERCaptain · August 19, 1971
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.