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BILLY RAY ANDERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1945 – January 15, 1971
Service recordBilly Ray Anderson, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 44
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 44
- DONALD WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
- RUDOLPH CALVIN THOMASStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1971
- EDGAR LEO WEST JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1971
- DAVID LEROY BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
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.